diff --git a/demos/common/demos.js b/demos/common/demos.js
index 812fbf5ff..997287f39 100644
--- a/demos/common/demos.js
+++ b/demos/common/demos.js
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ function genSlides_Chart(pptx) {
 
 		var arrDataHighVals = [
 			{
-				name  : 'TEST: getExcelColName',
+				name  : 'Single Data Set',
 				labels: LETTERS.concat(['AA','AB','AC','AD']),
 				values: [-5,-3,0,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30 ]
 			}
@@ -1159,7 +1159,8 @@ function genSlides_Chart(pptx) {
 			catAxisTitleColor: "4286f4",
 			catAxisTitleFontSize: 14,
 
-			chartColors: ['EE1122'],
+			showLegend: true,
+			chartColors: ['154384'],
 			invertedColors: ['0088CC'],
 
 			showValAxisTitle: true,
@@ -1183,7 +1184,7 @@ function genSlides_Chart(pptx) {
 			pptx.charts.BAR,
 			[
 				{
-					name  : 'Labels are Excel Date Values',
+					name  : 'Excel Date Values',
 					labels: [37987,38018,38047,38078,38108,38139],
 					values: [20, 30, 10, 25, 15, 5]
 				}
@@ -1775,13 +1776,16 @@ function genSlides_Chart(pptx) {
 			fill: 'f2f9fc',
 			//catAxisOrientation: 'maxMin',
 			//valAxisOrientation: 'maxMin',
+			showLegend: true,
+			chartColors: ['FF0000','0088CC'],
+
 			showValAxisTitle: false,
 			lineSize: 0,
 
 			catAxisTitle        : "Data Point Labels",
 			catAxisTitleColor   : "0088CC",
 			catAxisTitleFontSize: 14,
-			showCatAxisTitle    : true,
+			showCatAxisTitle    : false,
 
 			// Data Labels
 			showLabel             : true, // Must be set to true or labels will not be shown
diff --git a/src/core-interfaces.ts b/src/core-interfaces.ts
index 002066110..3cc0c2878 100644
--- a/src/core-interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/core-interfaces.ts
@@ -1112,7 +1112,6 @@ export interface IChartPropsChartBar {
 	barGapDepthPct?: number
 	barGapWidthPct?: number
 	barGrouping?: string
-	valueBarColors?: string[]
 }
 export interface IChartPropsChartDoughnut {
 	dataNoEffects?: boolean
diff --git a/src/gen-charts.ts b/src/gen-charts.ts
index e8d0109cf..385ea1a3e 100644
--- a/src/gen-charts.ts
+++ b/src/gen-charts.ts
@@ -792,9 +792,15 @@ function makeChartType(chartType: CHART_NAME, data: OptsChartData[], opts: IChar
 					strXml += '</c:marker>'
 				}
 
-				// Color chart bars various colors
 				// Allow users with a single data set to pass their own array of colors (check for this using != ours)
-				if ((chartType === CHART_TYPE.BAR || chartType === CHART_TYPE.BAR3D) && (data.length === 1 || opts.valueBarColors) && opts.chartColors !== BARCHART_COLORS) {
+				// Color chart bars various colors when >1 color
+				// NOTE: `<c:dPt>` created with various colors will change PPT legend by design so each dataPt/color is an legend item!
+				if (
+					(chartType === CHART_TYPE.BAR || chartType === CHART_TYPE.BAR3D) &&
+					data.length === 1 &&
+					opts.chartColors !== BARCHART_COLORS &&
+					opts.chartColors.length > 1
+				) {
 					// Series Data Point colors
 					obj.values.forEach((value, index) => {
 						let arrColors = value < 0 ? opts.invertedColors || opts.chartColors || BARCHART_COLORS : opts.chartColors || []
@@ -1132,10 +1138,10 @@ function makeChartType(chartType: CHART_NAME, data: OptsChartData[], opts: IChar
 
 				// Color bar chart bars various colors
 				// Allow users with a single data set to pass their own array of colors (check for this using != ours)
-				if ((data.length === 1 || opts.valueBarColors) && opts.chartColors !== BARCHART_COLORS) {
+				if (data.length === 1 && opts.chartColors !== BARCHART_COLORS) {
 					// Series Data Point colors
 					obj.values.forEach((value, index) => {
-						let arrColors = value < 0 ? opts.invertedColors || BARCHART_COLORS : opts.chartColors || []
+						let arrColors = value < 0 ? opts.invertedColors || opts.chartColors || BARCHART_COLORS : opts.chartColors || []
 
 						strXml += '  <c:dPt>'
 						strXml += '    <c:idx val="' + index + '"/>'
@@ -1591,7 +1597,7 @@ function makeCatAxis(opts: IChartOptsLib, axisId: string, valAxisId: string): st
 	strXml += '  <c:spPr>'
 	strXml += '    <a:ln w="' + (opts.catAxisLineSize ? valToPts(opts.catAxisLineSize) : ONEPT) + '" cap="flat">'
 	strXml += opts.catAxisLineShow === false ? '<a:noFill/>' : '<a:solidFill><a:srgbClr val="' + (opts.catAxisLineColor || DEF_CHART_GRIDLINE.color) + '"/></a:solidFill>'
-	strXml += '      <a:prstDash val="' + (opts.catAxisLineStyle || "solid") + '"/>'
+	strXml += '      <a:prstDash val="' + (opts.catAxisLineStyle || 'solid') + '"/>'
 	strXml += '      <a:round/>'
 	strXml += '    </a:ln>'
 	strXml += '  </c:spPr>'
@@ -1693,7 +1699,7 @@ function makeValAxis(opts: IChartOptsLib, valAxisId: string): string {
 	strXml += ' <c:spPr>'
 	strXml += '   <a:ln w="' + (opts.valAxisLineSize ? valToPts(opts.valAxisLineSize) : ONEPT) + '" cap="flat">'
 	strXml += opts.valAxisLineShow === false ? '<a:noFill/>' : '<a:solidFill><a:srgbClr val="' + (opts.valAxisLineColor || DEF_CHART_GRIDLINE.color) + '"/></a:solidFill>'
-	strXml += '     <a:prstDash val="' + (opts.valAxisLineStyle || "solid") + '"/>'
+	strXml += '     <a:prstDash val="' + (opts.valAxisLineStyle || 'solid') + '"/>'
 	strXml += '     <a:round/>'
 	strXml += '   </a:ln>'
 	strXml += ' </c:spPr>'
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index b89e4c711..b71ec1b4e 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1863,7 +1863,6 @@ declare namespace PptxGenJS {
 		barGapDepthPct?: number
 		barGapWidthPct?: number
 		barGrouping?: string
-		valueBarColors?: string[]
 	}
 	export interface IChartPropsChartDoughnut {
 		dataNoEffects?: boolean