Opening a Color Scheme


You can open a color scheme that has previously been saved to disk or to the library. You can also apply a color scheme from another visualization in the analysis, or open a document color scheme. The color scheme must be in the same scale mode as the visualization in which you want to use it.

  1. Open the Visualization Properties dialog, and go to the Colors page.

  2. Click on the Color Schemes menu icon, color_color_schemes_menu_icon.png.

  3. Select Open from File....

    Response: A dialog where you can browse for a previously saved color scheme is opened.

  4. Browse to the color scheme of interest and click Open.

    Response: If it is a gradient color scheme, the selected color scheme is applied to the visualization. Otherwise, the Apply Method dialog is opened, continue to step 5.

  5. Click the Colors only radio button to apply only the colors in the color scheme to the visualization. Click Colors matched to values if you want to match the colors in the color scheme to the values in the visualization.

    Comment: See Details on Apply Method for an example of how the two options work.

  6. Click OK.

    Response: The selected color scheme is applied to the visualization.

  1. Open the Visualization Properties dialog, and go to the Colors page.

  2. Click on the Color Schemes menu icon, color_color_schemes_menu_icon.png.

  3. Select Open from Library....

    Comment: The menu option Open from Library is not available if you are working offline (without a connection to a server).

    Response: The Open from Library dialog is opened.

  4. From the Available color schemes list, select the color scheme you want to open.

    Comment: To limit the amount of items shown in the list, you can click on a keyword in the panel to the left. You can also search for a color scheme by entering a file name, or part of a file name in the search field.

  5. Click OK.

    Response: If it is a gradient color scheme, the selected color scheme is applied to the visualization. Otherwise, the Apply Method dialog is opened, continue to step 6.

  6. Click the Colors only radio button to apply only the colors in the color scheme to the visualization. Click Colors matched to values if you want to match the colors in the color scheme to the values in the visualization.

    Comment: See Details on Apply Method for an example of how the two options work.

  7. Click OK.

    Response: The selected color scheme is applied to the visualization.

  1. Open the Visualization Properties dialog, and go to the Colors page.

  2. Click on the Color Schemes menu icon, color_color_schemes_menu_icon.png.

    Response: The Color Schemes menu is opened.

  3. Select From Visualization to open the submenu.

    Response: The submenu lists all the existing pages in the analysis.

  4. Select the page of interest to open the submenu.

    Response: The submenu lists all the color schemes used in other visualizations on that page.

  5. Select the color scheme you want to use.

    Response: If it is a gradient color scheme, the selected color scheme is applied to the visualization. Otherwise, the Apply Method dialog is opened, continue to step 6.

  6. Click the Colors only radio button to apply only the colors in the color scheme to the visualization. Click Colors matched to values if you want to match the colors in the color scheme to the values in the visualization.

    Comment: See Details on Apply Method for an example of how the two options work.

  7. Click OK.

    Response: The selected color scheme is applied to the visualization.

  1. Open the Visualization Properties dialog, and go to the Colors page.

  2. Click on the Color Schemes menu icon, color_color_schemes_menu_icon.png.

  3. Select Document Color Schemes to open the submenu.

    Response: The submenu lists all the previously saved document color schemes in the analysis.

  4. Select the color scheme you want to use.

    Response: If it is a gradient color scheme, the selected color scheme is applied to the visualization. Otherwise, the Apply Method dialog is opened, continue to step 5.

  5. Click the Colors only radio button to apply only the colors in the color scheme to the visualization. Click Colors matched to values if you want to match the colors in the color scheme to the values in the visualization.

    Comment: See Details on Apply Method for an example of how the two options work.

  6. Click OK.

    Response: The selected color scheme is applied to the visualization.

Note: The menu option From Visualization is only available if other visualizations exist in the analysis.

Note: The menu option Document Color Schemes is only available if one or more document color schemes have previously been saved in the analysis. See Saving a Color Scheme to learn more.

See also:

Details on Apply Method

Color Schemes Overview