Use multiple colour schemes in symbology (one per heading) in ArcGIS Pro

Question

I am trying to see if I can save time while symbolizing a layer in ArcGIS Pro. I use a polygon feature class that is grouped into multiple headings, each heading with 4-6 symbol classes. If I choose a colour scheme from the dropdown, it applies it across all the classes.

Is there a way to apply the colour scheme to only 1 of the headings, then select another heading and choose a different colour scheme?

I tried highlighting only one heading and changing the colour scheme but no luck.

In the meantime I've been forced to manually select a gradient of colours (ie. light blue to dark blue) for each heading, but this adds significant time for each map I create.

Answer 1

I am not aware of any feature in Pro that would allow this kind of symbology outside of how you are currently doing it.

My suggested work flow would be to export each sub heading to a new feature class- That is select by attribute to select sub heading 1, then use the "Export Features" tool in Pro to create a new feature class. then repeat until all of your sub headings are broken out into new feature classes. You would then only be applying one level of gradient symbology.

I may be wrong, but this is how I would do it.