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viggozhang
Belgium
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 Posted - 03/08/2012 : 05:06:01 AM
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Origin Ver. and Service Release (Select Help-->About Origin):
Operating System:
Hey, could anybody tell me whether it is possible to induce more colors into Origin 6.1? As you know, sometimes, you have so many curves plotted on one figure and you wanna make them distinguishable(I know you may use different line styles or symbols, but those ways are really not my cup of tea...).
Thanks in advance~ |
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greg
USA
1378 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2012 : 10:32:55 AM
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In Origin 6.1 you can add up to 16 custom colors by using the Format : Color Palette dialog.
Warning: Modifying a color or changing a position of a color which Origin uses will have consequences. Origin Templates and procedures make use of Black, Red, Green, Blue, Dark Yellow, White, Light Gray and LT Yellow.
Note: Unlike newer versions of Origin, any custom color (position 25 to 40) will not travel with a project file to another computer. |
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viggozhang
Belgium
10 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2012 : 11:35:58 AM
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i appreciate the info a lot.
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Originally posted by greg
In Origin 6.1 you can add up to 16 custom colors by using the Format : Color Palette dialog.
Warning: Modifying a color or changing a position of a color which Origin uses will have consequences. Origin Templates and procedures make use of Black, Red, Green, Blue, Dark Yellow, White, Light Gray and LT Yellow.
Note: Unlike newer versions of Origin, any custom color (position 25 to 40) will not travel with a project file to another computer.
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AdamSanders
USA
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Posted - 03/13/2012 : 05:56:01 AM
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| By any chance, is there a way to revert back to the default settings of the color palette? |
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greg
USA
1378 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2012 : 1:54:52 PM
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Prior to version 8, the full Color Palette would be found in the ORIGIN.INI if a user had edited of added to the palette. The INI would have a [Color List] section with colors defined in the format
Color Name=RedValue GreenValue BlueValue (each value from 0 to 255)
like
[Color List]
Black=0 0 0
Red=255 0 0
Green=0 255 0
Blue=0 0 255
Cyan=0 255 255
Magenta=255 0 255
Yellow=255 255 0
Dark Yellow=128 128 0
Navy=0 0 128
Purple=128 0 128
Wine=128 0 0
Olive=0 128 0
Dark Cyan=0 128 128
Royal=0 0 160
Orange=255 128 0
Violet=128 0 255
Pink=255 0 128
White=255 255 255
Light Gray=192 192 192
Gray=128 128 128
LT Yellow=255 255 128
LT Cyan=128 255 255
LT Magenta=255 128 255
Note that the above is the Origin default Color Palette. If you exit Origin, you can
Delete the entire [Color List] section from the INI to restore default
or
Edit the list in the INI to match the above plus add up to 16 more user-defined colors.
Version 8 and later protects the first 24 colors (the default list) and allows you to add up to 16 more Custom colors using the Windows standard Color dialog. When Custom colors are defined, Origin creates a CustomColors.INI file in your User Files Folder which looks like this:
[Color]
Color0=12446205
Color1=3579842
Color2=29153
Color3=36802
Color4=15728127
Color5=3052020
where the numbers are RGB values such as
RedValue + 256 * (GreenValue + 256 * BlueValue) = 12446205
253 + 256 * (233 + 256 * 189) = 12446205
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more colors available?