Appearance - Colors

Tools > Options > Appearance > Colors

The Colors page manages the colors of the Rhino interface.

The Rhino interface switches between the light and dark color schemes according to the display settings of the Windows system. You can select a color scheme for Rhino to override the system settings.

Color schemes

Dark

Sets the Rhino interface to use the dark color scheme.

Light

Sets the Rhino interface to use the light color scheme.

Custom

Sets the Rhino interface to use custom colors.

Note: Make sure only one Rhino APP is running when you change the color scheme to avoid UI display issues.

Viewport colors

Background

The color of the working area background behind the grid lines.

Major grid line

The color of major grid lines.

Minor grid line

The color of minor grid lines.

X/Y/Z-axis line

The color of the construction plane x, y, and z axes.

World axes icon X/Y/Z

The colors of the direction arrows for the world axes icon.

Layout

The layout paper background color.

Object display

Selected objects

The color of selected objects.

Locked objects

The color of locked objects.

New Layer

The color for new layers.

Interface objects

Feedback

The color of the feedback curves. One example of a feedback curve is the line you see when you drag objects.

Tracking lines

The color of the tracking line. One example of a tracking line is the line you see when you use elevator mode.

Crosshair

The color of the full-screen crosshairs.

Layer dialog box

Layout settings background

The color of the layout background.

General

Changes the colors of various parts of the Rhino window. These color settings are only available for the Custom color scheme.

Content Background

The background color of the content area in toolbars, panels, and dialog boxes.

Frame Background

The background color of container frames.

Selected Tab Background

The background color of selected tabs in containers.

Active viewport title

The color for the title of the current viewport.

Inactive viewport title

The color for the titles of the viewports that are not the current.

Widget colors

U-axis color

The color of the mapping widget u axis.

V-axis color

The color of the mapping widget v axis.

W-axis color

The color of the mapping widget w axis.

Restore Defaults

Resets the settings in the current page to factory defaults.

Save option settings for use on other computers

OptionsExport

Save Options settings to a file.

OptionsImport

Restore Options settings from a file.