# AI Assisted Color Palettes in Tableau #data #ai #tableau #colorpalettes

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2026-02-01
- **Format:** Short · 1 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, AI & ML
- **Tools:** Tableau (ai, cloud, formatting)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/ai-assisted-color-palettes-in-tableau-data-ai-tableau-colorpalettes
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9AyvcWAiko

I walk through the new AI assisted colour palettes feature in Tableau. It builds on colour palettes added in the previous release, letting you type a prompt and instantly generate a palette, though it requires Tableau AI enabled on your Cloud instance and consumes AI credits.

## Key takeaways

- AI assisted colour palettes are a follow-up improvement to the colour palettes feature shipped in the previous release
- You can type a prompt and get a colour palette generated immediately, saving time on manual formatting
- The feature requires Tableau AI enabled on your Cloud instance and uses a consumption credit
- It's generally available in Desktop while signed into a Tableau Agent enabled site, which links to an AI-enabled licence SKU
- If you already have Tableau Pulse, you likely have the AI capability set up already

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