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Indicates the currently selected color book color. You can search for a specific
color in a color book by entering the number of the color swatch and pressing
Tab. This action updates the New color swatch with the requested color
number. If the specified color is not found in the color book, the closest
number match is displayed.
Old Color Swatch
Displays the previously selected color.
New Color Swatch
Displays the currently selected color.
See also:
Set the Current Color
-COLOR
If you enter -color at the Command prompt, the following prompts are
displayed.
Enter default object color [
Truecolor (page 213)/COlorbook
(page 213)] <BYLAYER>: Enter a color, enter t, enter co, or press Enter
You can enter a color from the AutoCAD Color Index (a color name or
number), a true color, or a color from a color book.
You can enter the color number (1 through 255) or the color name (the names
for the first seven colors). For example, you can specify the color red by
entering the ACI number 1 or the ACI name red.
You can also enter bylayer or byblock. If you enter byblock, all new objects
are drawn in the default color (white or black, depending on your background
color) until they are grouped into a block. When you insert the block in a
drawing, the objects in the block inherit the current setting of COLOR.
WARNING If you used a mixture of color methods to draw the objects that make
up a block, inserting that block or changing its color produces complex results.
If you enter bylayer, new objects assume the color assigned to the layer on
which you create them. See the
LAYER (page 539) command for information
about assigning a color to a layer.
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