Basic Bar Chart — Makie.jl

A vertical bar chart that displays categorical data with rectangular bars whose heights are proportional to the values they represent. This fundamental visualization is ideal for comparing discrete categories and identifying which categories have the highest or lowest values. Bar charts excel at showing rankings, distributions across categories, and making relative comparisons intuitive.

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Julia source (Makie.jl)

# anyplot.ai
# bar-basic: Basic Bar Chart
# Library: makie 0.22.10 | Julia 1.11.9
# Quality: 90/100 | Created: 2026-05-28

using CairoMakie
using Colors
using Random

Random.seed!(42)

# Theme tokens
const THEME       = get(ENV, "ANYPLOT_THEME", "light")
const PAGE_BG     = THEME == "light" ? colorant"#FAF8F1" : colorant"#1A1A17"
const INK         = THEME == "light" ? colorant"#1A1A17" : colorant"#F0EFE8"
const INK_SOFT    = THEME == "light" ? colorant"#4A4A44" : colorant"#B8B7B0"
const IMPRINT_PALETTE = [
    colorant"#009E73", colorant"#C475FD", colorant"#4467A3", colorant"#BD8233",
    colorant"#AE3030", colorant"#2ABCCD", colorant"#954477", colorant"#99B314",
]
const BRAND = IMPRINT_PALETTE[1]

# Data — average monthly household energy consumption by appliance (kWh)
appliances = ["Air Conditioning", "Water Heater", "Washer / Dryer", "Refrigerator", "Lighting", "TV / Electronics", "Dishwasher"]
monthly_kwh = [215.0, 185.0, 90.0, 55.0, 45.0, 30.0, 22.0]

n = length(appliances)

# Plot
fig = Figure(
    size            = (1600, 900),
    fontsize        = 14,
    backgroundcolor = PAGE_BG,
)

ax = Axis(
    fig[1, 1];
    title                = "bar-basic · julia · makie · anyplot.ai",
    titlesize            = 20,
    titlecolor           = INK,
    xlabel               = "Appliance",
    ylabel               = "Avg. Monthly Consumption (kWh)",
    xlabelcolor          = INK,
    ylabelcolor          = INK,
    xlabelsize           = 14,
    ylabelsize           = 14,
    xticklabelcolor      = INK_SOFT,
    yticklabelcolor      = INK_SOFT,
    xticklabelsize       = 12,
    yticklabelsize       = 12,
    xticklabelrotation   = π / 6,
    xtickcolor           = INK_SOFT,
    ytickcolor           = INK_SOFT,
    backgroundcolor      = PAGE_BG,
    topspinevisible      = false,
    rightspinevisible    = false,
    leftspinecolor       = INK_SOFT,
    bottomspinecolor     = INK_SOFT,
    xgridvisible         = false,
    ygridcolor           = RGBAf(INK.r, INK.g, INK.b, 0.15),
    xminorgridvisible    = false,
    yminorgridvisible    = false,
)

barplot!(ax, 1:n, monthly_kwh;
    color       = BRAND,
    strokewidth = 0,
)

ax.xticks = (1:n, appliances)

# Save
save("plot-$(THEME).png", fig; px_per_unit = 2)

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