The following color schemes can be selected from the Set Graph Color dialog:
Default The default color scheme, which uses a white background, a palette of darkish colors leading to lighter colors for lines, and a grayscale for images.
Standard The standard color scheme, which is like the default but using a cyan-magenta color scale for images.
Trellis The Trellis color scheme. This uses a gray background, mostly pastel line colors, and the cyan-magenta color scale for images.
Trellis Black on White A grayscale color scheme for Trellis, which uses a white background, various shades of gray for lines, and a grayscale for images.
White on Black A grayscale color scheme with a black background, white and various shades of gray for lines, and a grayscale for images.
Cyan Magenta A color scheme with a white background, an assortment of line colors, and a cyan-magenta color scale for images. Unlike the other cyan-magenta color scales described, this one scales through black rather than through white.
Topographical A color scheme similar to Cyan Magenta, except with image colors chosen to provide a reasonable representation of topographical data.
User 1, User 2 Color schemes similar to the standard color scheme, these are intended for further customization by end users.
Click Edit Colors to get bring up the Edit Graph Colors dialog:
Color Scheme Name
Type in a name for your customized color scheme.
Background color
Set the background color by clicking Edit Background Color and choosing the color by one of the following options:
Swatches Select a color from the palette of colors
HSB (Hue-Saturation-Brightness) Specify the HSB values exactly, using the H, S, and B text fields, or relatively, by using the pointer on the color bar.
RGB (Red-Green-Blue) Specify the colors using the standard RGB color model. Use the sliders or the text fields to describe the appropriate RGB values.
Line Colors
Select a line color from the palette. Click Edit Selected Line Color to change the line color by using the Swatch, HSB, or RGB options listed.
Image Colors
Select a line color from the palette. Click Edit Selected Image Color to change the image color by using the Swatch, HSB, or RGB options listed.
Color Schemes
Color Schemes popup list Use this list to select one of the known color schemes. Note that selecting a color scheme does not update the colors in the Edit Graph Colors dialog.
Get Colors Retrieves the colors from the color scheme selected in the popup list and update the displayed colors.
Set Color Scheme Sets the color scheme selected in the popup list to the displayed colors. This setting is temporary until you click OK. If you click Cancel, the previous colors are restored.
Get Graph Colors Retrieves the colors from the color scheme of the selected graph. (This essentially restores the initial colors in the dialog, since the colors from the selected graph's color scheme are shown when the dialog first opens.)
Set Default Color Scheme Sets the default color scheme to the displayed colors. (This is equivalent to selecting the default color scheme in the Color Schemes popup list, then clicking Set Color Scheme.)