Color as a tool to highlight

• highlight specific categories or values in data with color
  
• by emphasizing relevant figure elements we can strngthen the story
• color set that has certain colors that vividly stand out against the rest
• accent color scales
• baseline colors must not compete for attention and instead support the accent color
  
• When in doubt, make baseline colors gray

Example: Variant of figure 2 to highlight two specific states: Texas and Louisiana.