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. + palette, so they should never end up being particularly bright or + particularly dark.
- Select the tracks whose color you wish to change. Context-click - on the track header of one of them. From the context menu, select - Color and pick a hue to your taste in the - color dialog. Every selected track will be - re-colored. + Changing the color of a track is done by selecting the track(s) and + right clicking on the track header of one of them then + from the context menu, selecting Color and picking a hue + in the color dialog. Every selected track will be re-colored.
-- 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. +
+ If only one track is changed, right clicking on + that track's header will be enough to select it, saving the extra mouse click.
- Tracks that belong to a - track/bus group + Tracks that belong to a + track/bus group can share a common color by enabling the Color option for the group. With this enabled, any color change will be propagated to all group members.
- You can also explicitly change the group color by context-clicking + The group color can also be explicitly changed by context-clicking on the group tab in the Mixer, selecting Edit - Group… and then clicking on the Color selector in that dialog - that is displayed. + Group… and then clicking on the Color selector in the displayed + dialog.