A bar chart shows the gross annual revenue, by year, of a Telecommunications company. Horizontal bars are shown for each of the four regions the company operates in, for the years 2019 and 2020. Year is shown on the X-axis of the chart. Bars of each region is given a separate color. Which gestalt principle helps the reader in interpreting this bar chart?
A) similarity
B) connection
C) closure
D) continuity

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The principle of similarity helps readers interpret the bar chart by using different colors for each region, making it easier to distinguish and compare the gross annual revenue across regions and years.

A Bar Chart Shows the Gross Annual Revenue, by Year