Light and dark color schemes

In map design, the choice of color scheme is dependent on the basemap. If you have a light basemap, most people will interpret dark colors to mean “more” and light colors to mean “less”. If you have a dark basemap, the opposite is true. This video shows examples of designing with light and dark color schemes in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro.

• Follow along with the map in ArcGIS Online: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=1bd8144a76e44fb1bc4b7064c2f66b3d
• Follow along with the map in ArcGIS Pro: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1d49fdf0931045698b7d172d1d9e0394
• Find the data at Halifax Open Data: https://catalogue-hrm.opendata.arcgis.com/