Coloring Objects and Backgrounds

You can add or change the color of front panel objects or the front panel and block diagram workspaces. Some objects have a foreground and a background you can color separately. For example, the foreground color of a knob is the color of the main dial area, and the background color is the color of the raised edge. You can create custom colors, copy colors from one object to another, and create transparent objects.

Complete the following steps to change the color of an object or the background of a front panel or block diagram workspace.

  1. Use the Coloring tool and right-click an object or workspace to display the color picker.

    The top of the color picker contains a grayscale spectrum and a box you can use to create transparent objects. The second spectrum contains muted colors that are well suited to backgrounds and front panel objects. The third spectrum contains colors that are well suited to highlights. The first row of color boxes displays user-defined colors. The second row of color boxes displays the most recently selected colors and the system colors.

    The box at the bottom of the color picker displays the currently selected color. Objects that have foreground and background colors display the foreground color in the left half of this box and the background color in the right half.
  2. Click the More Colors button in the bottom right corner of the color picker to select a specific color using the color utility on your operating system.
  3. Move the cursor through the color picker to select a color and preview the object or background in the selected color. As you move the cursor over a color, LabVIEW displays the RGB value of the color at the bottom of the color picker.

    If the object has foreground and background colors, press the <F> or <B> keys, respectively, to toggle between setting the foreground and background colors.
  4. Click a color to apply that color to the object or background. To cancel the coloring operation, press the <Esc> key.