Applying a Custom Colour

Source file: custom-colour.htm

Custom colour is used to apply a colour scheme to an object based on intensity, range or height properties. This option can reproduce or reverse any of the existing colour schemes, or limit them to specific values.

  1. On the Home ribbon tab, go to the Colour group. From the Colour Scheme drop-down list, select Custom....

  2. Select the data to be coloured.

  3. Select the required option from the Colour by drop-down list. Options available depend on the selected data.

  4. Select either Use colour scheme or Use legend. Expand below for further instructions on each option.

    1. Select the object or data to be coloured.

    2. Select a colour scheme from the Select scheme drop-down list.

    3. Enter the Number of colours to determine how many colour graduations are used in the scheme.

    4. Select or clear the remaining options, as follows:

      1. Equalise applies an equal number of all colours, improving the colour distribution.
      2. Reverse reverses the colour scheme.

    Note:  The above options are not available for all predefined colour schemes.

    Use a colour scheme that you created in the Numeric legend editor. The legend will have a relationship between its values and colour distribution.

    Legends are found in the legends container.

    1. Enter the name of the legend or drag the legend from the legends container.

    2. Select the objects to be coloured.

    3. Select Scale to range to scale the legend to the range of data to be coloured. A new legend will be created on completion.

  5. Select one of the Range to colour options, as follows.

    • Entire range to colour all data.
    • Percentile range, then enter the percentile limit value.
    • Defined range, then enter the From and To values.

  6. Select or clear the remaining options per requirements, as follows:

    • Blend with existing colours to blend the custom colour scheme with the existing colours.
    • Colour beyond data range to extend the upper and lower limits of the colour scheme, covering the whole objects.

  7. Click OK or Apply.

Note:  Only visible points are coloured. If a scan has been filtered, the invisible points will remain unchanged.

Tip:  You can colour different areas of the scan using different colour schemes.