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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.

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Changing the color of specific tracks

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Select the tracks whose color you wish to change. Context-click - on the track header of one of them. From the context menu, select + 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 + color dialog. Every selected track will be re-colored.

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- 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 + 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.

Changing the color of all tracks in a group

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- 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.

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- You can also explicitly change the group color by context-clicking + You can also explicitly change the group color 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 that dialog + that is displayed. +