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Color Selector Dialog 161
• Aut oCA D ACI pa l et te —When chosen, the
AutoCAD ACI palette is shown. When you
click a color, its ACI# is displayed at the bottom
of the dialog.
Basic Colors—A set of 64 default colors, available
only when 3ds Max Palette is active.
Custom Colors—D isplays 16 custom colors when
3dsMaxPaletteisactive. Tochooseacustom
color, click its swatch. To define or change a
custom color, click its swatch and then click Add
Custom Colors.
Add Custom Colors—Available only when 3ds Max
Palette is active. Clicking this option displays the
Color Selector (page 1–161),whichallowsyouto
modify the currently selected custom color. If
you click Add Custom Colors with a basic color
chosen, the dialog switches to the first custom
color before opening the Color Selector.
By Layer/By Object—Sets the object’s color by layer
or by object. If color is set by object, choosing a
new color on the Object Color dialog changes the
object’s wireframe color in viewports.
ACI#—Displays the ACI number for the selected
color. Available only when Au toCAD ACI palette
is active.
Select by Color—Displays a Select Objects
dialog (page 1–78) listing all objects that use the
current color as their wireframe color.
Note: This button is available only if at le ast one
object in the scene has the Current Color as its
wireframe color.
Assign R andom Colors—When on, 3ds Max will
assign a random color to each object created.
When off, 3ds Max will assign the same color
to every object created until the color swatch is
changed. This setting affects wireframe colors only
when By Object is turned on as the color method.
Active/Current Color—Displays the active color (if
no object is selected) or current color. When you
click the color swatch, the Color Selector dialog
(page 1–161) opens, where you can mix a custom
color.
Colo r S elector Di al og
Any com mand panel > Name and Color fields > Click
color swatch. > O bject Color dialog > Add Custom Colors
button or Current Color swatch.
Material Editor > Click any color swatch.
Selec t or add a light object. > Modify panel >
Intensity/Color/(Distribution/Attenuation) rollout > Clic k
colororFilterColorswatch.
Rendering menu > Environment > Environment and
Effects dialog > Click color swatch for Backgrou nd, Tint,
and Ambient components of Global Lighting, and various
components of atmospheric effects such as Fire, Fog, and
so on..
The Color Selector dialog lets you specify a
custom color parameter in 3ds Max. You can work
simultaneously with three different color models
tohelpyouzeroinontheexactcoloryouwant.
Yo u c a n u s e t h e C o l o r S e l e c t o r t o s p e c i f y m a n y
color parameters, such as lig ht colors, material
colors, background colors, and custom object
colors. (Another way to choose an object’s
viewportcoloristousethepredefinedcolorsin
the Object Color dialog (page 1–159).)
In most contexts, the Color Selector is modeless
(page 3–973); that is, it remains on the screen u ntil
you dismiss it, and you can use other controls or
work in a viewport whi le the dialog is st i ll visible.
In other contexts, the Color Selector is modal, and
youmustclosethedialogbeforeproceeding.
The dialog is div ided into three different color
selection models. You can use the controls for any
modeltodefineacolor.Thethreecolormodels
are:
• Hue/Blackness/Whiteness (HBW)