title: Highcharts - column color different from color in legend
body: <p>I have defined custom color for data in series for highcharts column chart</p>
  
  <pre><code>data: [{y: 1234.5, color: '#234567'}, ...]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Sample code</p>
  
  <pre><code>var options = {
      chart: {
      type: 'column'
  },
  title: {
      text: 'Period'
  },
  xAxis: {
      categories: ['Cat 1', 'Cat 2'];
      })
  },
  yAxis: {
      min: 0,
      title: {
          text: null
      }
  },
  plotOptions: {
      column: {
          pointPadding: 0.2,
          borderWidth: 0
      }
  },
  
  series: [
    {
      name: 'Dog',
      data: [{y: 1, color: '#FF0000'}, {y: 1.45, color: '#FF0000'}]
    },
    {
      name: 'Cow',
      data: [{y: 2, color: '#CCCCCC'}, {y: 5.00, color: '#CCCCCC'}]
    },
    {
      name: 'Bird',
      data: [{y: 3, color: '#BBBBBB'}, {y: 3.45, color: '#BBBBBB'}]
    },
  ]
  
  };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However for one column color in legend is different from corresponding column as shown in picture:</p>
  
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  <p>I don't see it is possible to define custom color for xAxis > categories but only inside data entry.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas? </p>