# Why does the color bar chart and volume bars show wrong color sometimes?

**URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543
**Category:** Zerodha platforms
**Created:** [May 27, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543 "2017-05-27T08:11:00Z")
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### Author: ![suresh](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/suresh/32/11625_2.png) [@suresh](https://tradingqna.com/u/suresh)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/1 "2017-05-27T08:11:00Z")

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On a 15 min color bar chart (also volume bars at the bottom of the chart) sometimes if the open price is greater than close price it produces a green bar and vice versa. But shouldn’t this be like a candle chart. In a candle chart it is green if close \> open of candle and Red if Close\<open

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### Author: ![nithin](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/nithin/32/5_2.png) [@nithin](https://tradingqna.com/u/nithin)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/2 "2017-05-28T04:39:54Z")

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> [@suresh](#):
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> But shouldn’t this be like a candle chart.

Like you said, in a candle stick chart color of a candle is green if Close\>open of a candle and red if Close\<open.

Colored bar chart and volume candles don’t work on the same logic to determine its color on Kite charts. If the close of the current candle \> close of previous candle is it is green and Close of current candle \< close of previous candle it is red.

Most of the times the candle stick chart color will match to colored bar or volume bar color. But once in a while it doesn’t. Check the chart below. Since Close \< open, if it was a candle, it would be red. But since close \> close of previous candle, both the volume candle at the bottom is green in color. (Same would be the logic for a colored bar chart).

 ![](https://tradingqna.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2bae9065be4596961d81641eaf2f816315241981.png)

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### Author: ![Manish\_Tyagi](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/manish_tyagi/32/31917_2.png) [@Manish\_Tyagi](https://tradingqna.com/u/Manish_Tyagi)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/3 "2018-01-31T14:46:16Z")

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Yes, but that’s not a healthy way to analyze with chart.  
Example:

I bought NitinSpinners at the gap-up candle, but kite bar chart will show it green even when there is selloff.

Creating confusion is not the aim of chart. (TradingView bar chart are normal not like Kite)

I kept holding thinking its green so buyer confidence but when I switch to  
Candle chart there is big red bar and that’s what chart suppose to show at one glance.

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### Author: ![CQ6907](https://tradingqna.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@CQ6907](https://tradingqna.com/u/CQ6907)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/4 "2019-02-07T18:43:52Z")

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Dear Sir,

Does displaying colour on the Volume studies Chart solve any purpose if we are missing anything?

Kind Regards,  
Rahul

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### Author: ![nithin](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/nithin/32/5_2.png) [@nithin](https://tradingqna.com/u/nithin)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/5 "2019-02-08T03:42:10Z")

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> [@CQ6907](#):
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> Does displaying colour on the Volume studies Chart solve any purpose if we are missing anything?

It indicates the trend as compared to the previous candle. Whereas the price candle has no co-relation with the previous candle.

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### Author: ![Tn4688](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/tn4688/32/33081_2.png) [@Tn4688](https://tradingqna.com/u/Tn4688)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/6 "2020-08-20T02:04:09Z")

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Volume chart indicates traded volume or delivery volume?

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### Author: ![ShubhS9](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/shubhs9/32/32667_2.png) [@ShubhS9](https://tradingqna.com/u/ShubhS9)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/7 "2020-08-20T02:13:43Z")

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> [@Tn4688](#):
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> Volume chart indicates traded volume or delivery volume

It is traded volume.

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### Author: ![Tn4688](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/tn4688/32/33081_2.png) [@Tn4688](https://tradingqna.com/u/Tn4688)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/8 "2020-08-20T02:30:11Z")

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Anyway to get analysis of delivery volume?

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### Author: ![ShubhS9](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/shubhs9/32/32667_2.png) [@ShubhS9](https://tradingqna.com/u/ShubhS9)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/9 "2020-08-20T03:10:21Z")

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All the data can be found on [NSE website](https://www.nseindia.com/all-reports), check out file called “Full Bhavcopy and Security Deliverable Data”.

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### Author: ![Tn4688](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/tn4688/32/33081_2.png) [@Tn4688](https://tradingqna.com/u/Tn4688)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/10 "2020-08-20T03:26:39Z")

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thanks

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### Author: ![tommychen0307](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/tommychen0307/32/44260_2.png) [@tommychen0307](https://tradingqna.com/u/tommychen0307)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/11 "2021-06-04T09:37:26Z")

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![Screen Shot 2021-06-03 at 12.07.09 PM](https://tradingqna.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/e/5e22a7e94561854ab840cc97b37687a9009c7f55.png)  
but But since close \< close of previous candle, the volume candle at the bottom is still RED in color.

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### Author: ![lifezgood](https://tradingqna.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/4af34b/32.png) [@lifezgood](https://tradingqna.com/u/lifezgood)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-color-bar-chart-and-volume-bars-show-wrong-color-sometimes/14543/12 "2021-10-26T05:25:15Z")

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> [@nithin](#):
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> It indicates the trend as compared to the previous candle. Whereas the price candle has no co-relation with the previous candle.

Below article needs correction. It says price candle colour is dependent on previous close and volume on current close, opposite of what you said.

> **[Why do the colour on bar charts and volume bars not match sometimes?](https://support.zerodha.com/category/trading-and-markets/trading-faqs/general/articles/colour-difference-bar-chart-volume)**
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> Why do the colour on bar charts and volume bars not match sometimes?