-Color

Works with BricsCAD (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, BricsCAD (Linux) Classic, Pro and Platinum

Sets the current color, through the command bar.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  -Color

aliases:  -col, -colour

status bar:  ByLayer

 

 

: -color

Prompts you in the command bar:

Color for drawing new entities <white>: (Enter a color name, number, or RGB value.)

Command Option

Option

Description

Color for new drawing entities

Enter the name, number, or RGB value of a color:

  • Names - specifies red (color #1) , yellow (2), green (3), cyan (4), blue (5), magenta (6), white (7), ByLayer (256), or ByBlock (0).

  • Numbers - specifies a number from 0 to 256.

  • RGB - specifies a value for each of red, green, and blue ranging from 0 to 255. For example, white is 255,255,255 and gray is 128,128,128.

Status Bar Menu

Right-click ByLayer (or other color name) on the status bar for the shortcut menu:

    

Shortcut Menu

Description

ByLayer,

ByBlock,

Red,

et cetera

Chooses the default color.

Properties

 

Opens the Select Color dialog box. See Color command.

Related Commands

Color - sets the working color through a dialog box.

DimStyle and -DimStyle - specify colors for dimensions.

Layer and -Layer - specify colors for layers.

PlotStyle - specifies how colors control plotted output.

Settings - specifies color-related parameters, such as the colors of grips, background, UCS and cursor axes, snap markers, and so on.

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