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 Clips in the Timeline are tinted everywhere but the thumbnail area of video clips.
If you edit a clip into a track that has itself been colored, the clip color overrides the
track color.
A timeline with audio clips that have been tinted to identify what they are to the editor
NOTE: Clip colors are distinct from flags, which appear as badges in the
Timeline, Media Pool, and Color page.
Assigning Clip Colors
Clip colors can be assigned in many different areas of DaVinci Resolve.
To assign a clip color to one or more clips, do one of the following:
 Use the Media page to assign clip colors to clips in the Media Pool using the Shot &
Scene preset in the Metadata Editor. Clip colors do not appear in the Media Pool. Clip
colors can be removed by clicking the X to the left of the Clip Color buttons in the
Metadata Editor.
 Right-click one or more selected clips in the Timeline, and choose a color from the
Clip Color submenu of the contextual menu. Clip colors can be removed by choosing
Default Color from this same submenu.
 Colorists can right-click one or more selected clip thumbnails in the Color page and
choose a color from the Clip Color submenu of the contextual menu. Clip colors can be
removed by choosing Default Color from this same submenu.
Track Colors
Another method of visually organizing clips is the use of track colors. Each track can be color
coded with one of 16 different colors. These color codes also appear in the Fairlight page,
where they also correspond to the Edit page Mixer, and to the Fairlight page Mixer and
Audio Meters.
To choose a new color for any track:
Right-click the track header and choose a color from the Change Track Color submenu.
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