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+<p>
+  New tracks in Ardour are assigned a random color from a pastel color
+  palette, so they should never end up being particularly bright or 
+  particularly dark. 
+</p>
+<h2>Changing the color of specific tracks</h2>
+<p>
+  Select the tracks whose color you wish to change. Context-click
+  on the track header of one of them. From the context menu, select 
+  <kbd class="menu">Color</kbd> and pick a hue to your taste in the
+  color dialog. Every selected track will be 
+  re-colored.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Note that if you are only changing one track, context-clicking on 
+  that track's header will be enough to select it, saving the extra 
+  mouse click.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Changing the color of all tracks in a group</h2>
+<p>
+  Tracks that belong to a 
+  <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-and-bus-groups/">track/bus group</a> 
+  can share a common color by enabling the <kbd
+  class="option">Color</kbd> option for the group. With this enabled,
+  any color change will be propagated to all group members.
+</p>
+<p>
+  You can also explicitly change the group color by context-clicking 
+  on the group tab in the Mixer, selecting <kbd class="menu">Edit
+  Group...</kbd> and then clicking on the Color selector in that dialog
+  that is displayed. 
+ </p>
+  
+