Change The Color Of An Object - Autodesk 057B1-41A111-1001 - AutoCAD LT 2010 User Manual

Color Books
AutoCAD LT includes several standard PANTONE color books. You can also
import other color books such as the DIC color guide or RAL color sets.
Importing user-defined color books can further expand your available color
selections.
You install color books on your system by using the Applications tab in the
Application Preferences dialog box. Once a color book is loaded, you can select
colors from the color book and apply them to objects in your drawings.
All objects are created using the current color, which is displayed in the Color
property of the Properties Inspector palette when no object is selected. You
can also set the current color with the Color Palette dialog box.
If the current color is set to BYLAYER, objects are created with the color
assigned to the current layer. If you do not want the current color to be the
color assigned to the current layer, you can specify a different color.
If the current color is set to BYBLOCK, objects are created using color 7 (white
or black) until the objects are grouped into a block. When the block is inserted
into the drawing, it acquires the current color setting.
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PANTONE Color Books
Pantone has updated the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM
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PANTONE PLUS SERIES of Publications that provides a chromatic arrangement
of colors. In AutoCAD-based products, the RGB values of the PANTONE Colors
that are assigned to objects are preserved in all current and legacy drawing
files.
Color book (.acb) files provide access through the Color Palette dialog box to
the names of all PANTONE Colors and color books. These .acb files are installed
in the /Support/Color folder in the AutoCAD LT installation folder.

Change the Color of an Object

You can change the color of an object by reassigning it to another layer, by
changing the color of the layer the object is on, or by specifying a color for
the object explicitly.
You have three choices for changing the color of an object:
Reassign the object to another layer with a different color. If an object's
color is set to BYLAYER, and you reassign the object to a different layer, it
acquires its color from the new layer.
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