Histogram with Gradient Color

This example shows how to make a histogram with gradient color. The low-high IMDB rating is represented with the color scheme pinkyellowgreen.

Method syntax

import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data

source = data.movies.url

alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
    alt.X("IMDB_Rating:Q").bin(maxbins=20).scale(domain=[1, 10]),
    alt.Y('count()'),
    alt.Color("IMDB_Rating:Q").bin(maxbins=20).scale(scheme='pinkyellowgreen')
)

Attribute syntax

import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data

source = data.movies.url

alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
    alt.X("IMDB_Rating:Q",
        bin=alt.Bin(maxbins=20),
        scale=alt.Scale(domain=[1, 10])
    ),
    alt.Y('count()'),
    alt.Color("IMDB_Rating:Q",
        bin=alt.Bin(maxbins=20),
        scale=alt.Scale(scheme='pinkyellowgreen')
    )
)