Colors Settings in Revit.ini

In the Revit.ini file, settings in the [Colors] section define the colors used in various areas of the software.

BackgroundColor

This setting corresponds to the background color of the drawing area that you can specify on the Graphics tab of the Options dialog.

Note: BackgroundColor is only available to students and to Autodesk Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers for the Revit 2015 R2 release of the software.

CustomColor1...CustomColor16

The CustomColor settings correspond to the 16 custom colors that you can define in the Windows Color dialog. Use these settings to predefine the custom colors. In the software, you can then assign the colors to line styles, materials, color schemes, and more.

ErrorColor

This setting corresponds to the Alert color that you can specify on the Graphics tab of the Options dialog. This color is used to highlight elements related to a warning or an error.

HiliteColor

This setting corresponds to the Selection color that you can specify on the Graphics tab of the Options dialog. This color is used to display selected elements in the drawing area.

PreHiliteColor

This setting corresponds to the Pre-selection color that you can specify on the Graphics tab of the Options dialog. This color is used to display an element when you move the cursor over it in the drawing area, before you click to select it.

Examples

[Colors]
BackgroundColor=16777215
HiliteColor=12401408
PreHiliteColor=12401408
ErrorColor=33023
CustomColor1=000000
CustomColor2=0000ff
CustomColor3=00ffff
CustomColor4=00ff00
CustomColor5=ffff00
CustomColor6=ff0000
CustomColor7=ff00ff
CustomColor8=13f9e1
CustomColor9=d3adc0
CustomColor10=3abfe0
CustomColor11=8afdcf
CustomColor12=7c8d98
CustomColor13=155bc6
CustomColor14=858585
CustomColor15=121eaf
CustomColor16=7e4774