title: How to change chart series color
body: <p>I have a single series which populates my chart with records from a database. Seven records are been displayed but in the sanme color.</p>
  
  <p>I' trying to change each bar color without success</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0al9J.png" alt="winforms bar chart"></p>
  
  <p>Below are the lines i tried but i gave me one big green bar (:</p>
  
  <pre><code>        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          /*First empty the chart2 to fire the current data*/
          if (cbChart.SelectedItem == null)
          {
              chart.Visible = false;
              chart.Controls.Clear();
          }
          else
              //pnchart.Controls.Clear();
          chart.Visible = true;
          chart.Titles.Clear();
  
  
          /*Add a new title*/
          Title bezeichung = new Title("Finance" + Environment.NewLine + "(GWU)", Docking.Top, new Font("Yu Gothic", 8, FontStyle.Bold), Color.Black);
          chart.Titles.Add(bezeichung);          
          chart.Titles.Add(bezeichung2);
  
  
  
           if (cbChart.SelectedItem != null)
          {
        string S =    ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[""].ConnectionString;
        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(S);
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
        cmd.Connection = con;
        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
        cmd.CommandText = ("[dbo].[storedprocedure]");
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Table_Name", cbChart.SelectedValue.ToString());
        SqlDataReader myReader;  // DataReader to just read Data from the Datbase
  
              try
              {
                  //DO SOMETHING
                  con.Open();
                  myReader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
  
                  while (myReader.Read())
                  {
  
                     //Parameters (Seriesname, x-axis data &amp; y-axis data)
                      this.chart.Series["Series"].Points.AddXY(myReader["Finance"], myReader["GWU"]);
  
                      // remove grid lines
                      chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.MajorGrid.LineWidth = 0;
                      chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.MajorGrid.LineWidth = 0;
                      chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.LabelStyle.Angle = -45;
  
        chart.Series["series1"].Points[0].Color = Color.Green;
        chart.Series["series1"].Points[1].Color = Color.Red;
        chart.Series["series1"].Points[2].Color = Color.PowderBlue;
        chart.Series["series1"].Points[3].Color = Color.Peru;
        chart.Series["series1"].Points[4].Color = Color.Pink;
        chart.Series["series1"].Points[5].Color = Color.Purple;
                  }
  
              }
              catch (Exception ex)
              {
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
              }
              finally
              {
                  con.Close();
              }
          }
  
           else
           {
  
  MessageBox.Show("Bitte ", "Info", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
           }
  
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>That’s the error message I received after running it:
  The index lies outside the valid range, index must not be negative and must be lower than the size of the list </p>
  
  <p>And the chart after hitting the button:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/SEdBA.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>