# Quantitative Scales
var colorScale = d3.scale.quantile() .domain([d3.max(dataset) / 4, d3.max(dataset) / 2 , 3*d3.max(dataset) / 4, d3.max(dataset)]) .range(["#9c9ede","#6b6ecf","#5254a3", "#393b79"]);
So the code divide the value into 4 range, if the value smaller than 1/4 max value, then it use #9c9ede color;
from 1/4 - 1/2: #6b6ecf
...
from 3/4 - 1: #393b79
var q = d3.scale.quantize().domain([0, 1]).range(['a', 'b', 'c']); //q(0.3) === 'a', q(0.4) === 'b', q(0.6) === 'b', q(0.7) ==='c'; //q.invertExtent('a') returns [0, 0.3333333333333333]
### use:
.attr('fill', colorScale);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head lang="en"> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title></title> <script src="../bower_components/underscore/underscore-min.js"></script> <script src="../ventor/d3.min.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> body { padding-top: 50px; padding-left: 100px; } #chartArea { width: 400px; height: 300px; background-color: #CCC; } .bar { display: inline-block; width: 20px; height: 75px; /* Gets overriden by D3-assigned height below */ margin-right: 2px; /* fill: teal; *//* SVG doesn't have background prop, use fill instead*/ z-index:99; } </style> </head> <body> <section id="chartArea"></section> <script> var dataset = _.map(_.range(30), function(num) { return Math.random() * 50; }), //reandom generate 15 data from 1 to 50 w = 400, h = 300; var svg = d3.select('#chartArea').append('svg') .attr('width', w) .attr('height', h); //svg deosn't need 'px' var yScale = d3.scale.linear() .domain([0, d3.max(dataset) * 1.1]) //d3.max(dataset), set the max val of database .range([0, h]); var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal() .domain(dataset) .rangeBands([0,w],0.3, 0.1); // var colorScale = d3.scale.category20c(); var colorScale = d3.scale.quantile() .domain([d3.max(dataset) / 4, d3.max(dataset) / 2 , 3*d3.max(dataset) / 4, d3.max(dataset)]) .range(["#9c9ede","#6b6ecf","#5254a3", "#393b79"]); svg.selectAll('div') .data(dataset) .enter() .append('rect')// svg doesn't have div, use rect instead .attr('class', "bar") .attr('width', xScale.rangeBand()) .attr('x', function(each_data, index){ return xScale(each_data); }) .attr('y', function(each_data){ return h-yScale(each_data); }) .attr('height', function(each_data, i){ return yScale(each_data); }) .attr('fill', colorScale); </script> </body> </html>