Continuous Color

The continuous color mode is for numeric data. It can be used to ramp between two colors to emphasize the difference between high and low values. You can use a diverging color scheme to ramp between intermediate thresholds (three colors is good for a standardized dataset such as a z-score). How is it different from classified color?

You can use single color for polygon fill, point or line color, or polygon border attributes. In continuous color you can choose an existing palette or create your own.

Choosing a palette

You can choose different palettes to create an informative map. These palettes have different numbers of color breaks (two for the first palettes that consist of a gradient between two colors, three for the three-color palettes, and then multiple for the spectrum palettes). After you choose a palette, you will want to check the break values. Click on the "Set color breaks" button to view and change the break values.