Remove the GROUP option on scatter plot to get default color labels.  Set DataLabelAttrs to specify label color. Remember you are using scatter labels as an alternate for bubble labels for data collision avoidance.  You can always go back to bubble labels, and remove the scatterplot entirely to get bubble labels which should be in top right of the bubble. If you want bubbles in the center of each bubble, you will need to use GTL: proc template;   define statgraph bubble;     begingraph;       layout overlay;          bubbleplot x=height y=weight size=age/ group=sex  name='a'                           datalabel=name datalabelposition=center datalabelattrs=(color=black weight=bold);         discretelegend 'a';      endlayout;    endgraph;   end; run; proc sgrender data=sashelp.class template=bubble; run; ... View more

Also the Fitpolicy option on the axis statements may be of use. ... View more