3ds Max User Interface Colors

The following methods are used to get and set the 3ds Max user interface colors.

GetUIColor <index_integer>

Returns a Point3 value corresponding to the color value used for drawing the specified item type in the 3ds Max viewports. Each component of the Point3 value is in a range of 0 to 1, corresponding to a color component value of 0 to 255. See the list of <index_integer> values below.

GetDefaultUIColor <index_integer>

Returns a Point3 value corresponding to the default color used for drawing the specified item type in the 3ds Max user interface. Each component of the Point3 value is in a range of 0 to 1, corresponding to a color component value of 0 to 255. The values returned are not affected by the user's color selections or those set by SetUIColor() . See the list of <index_integer> values below.

SetUIColor <index_integer> <point3>

Sets the color value used for drawing the specified item type in the 3ds Max viewports. Each component of the Point3 value is in a range of 0 to 1, corresponding to a color component value of 0 to 255. See the list of <index_integer> values below.

The valid <index_integer> values and the corresponding item type are as follow:

INDEX CODE UI ITEM

0

COLOR_SELECTION

Main UI

Selection

1

COLOR_SUBSELECTION

Main UI

Subselection

2

COLOR_FREEZE

Main UI

Freeze

3

COLOR_GRID

Grids

Grid

4

COLOR_GRID_INTENS

Grids

Grid Intensity

5

COLOR_SF_LIVE

Main UI

Safe Frame Live

6

COLOR_SF_ACTION

Main UI

Safe Frame Action

7

COLOR_SF_TITLE

Main UI

Safe Frame Title

8

COLOR_VP_LABELS

Main UI

Viewport Label

9

COLOR_VP_INACTIVE

Main UI

Inactive Viewport Label

10

COLOR_ARCBALL

Main UI

Arcball

11

COLOR_ARCBALL_HILITE

Main UI

Arcball Highlight

12

COLOR_ANIM_BUTTON

Main UI

Animate Button

14

COLOR_LINK_LINES

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Bones and Link Lines

15

COLOR_TRAJECTORY

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Trajectory

16

COLOR_ACTIVE_AXIS

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Active Axis

17

COLOR_INACTIVE_AXIS

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Inactive Axis

18

COLOR_SPACE_WARPS

Objects

Space Warp

19

COLOR_DUMMY_OBJ

Objects

Dummy Object

20

COLOR_POINT_OBJ

Objects

Point Object

21

COLOR_POINT_AXES

Objects

Point Axis

22

COLOR_TAPE_OBJ

Objects

Tape Object

24

COLOR_GIZMOS

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Gizmos

25

COLOR_SEL_GIZMOS

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Selected Gizmos

26

COLOR_SPLINE_VECS

Main UI

Spline Vectors

27

COLOR_SPLINE_HANDLES

Main UI

Spline Handles

29

COLOR_PARTICLE_EM

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Particle Emitter

30

COLOR_CAMERA_OBJ

Objects

Camera Object

31

COLOR_CAMERA_CONE

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Camera Cone

32

COLOR_CAMERA_HORIZ

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Camera Horizon

33

COLOR_NEAR_RANGE

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Camera Near Range

34

COLOR_FAR_RANGE

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Camera Far Range

35

COLOR_LIGHT_OBJ

Objects

Light Object

36

COLOR_TARGET_LINE

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Target Line

37

COLOR_HOTSPOT

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Light Hotspot

38

COLOR_FALLOFF

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Light Falloff

39

COLOR_START_RANGE

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Light Far Start

40

COLOR_END_RANGE

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Light Far End

41

COLOR_VIEWPORT_BKG

Main UI

Viewport Background

42

COLOR_TRAJ_TICS_1

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Trajectory Frames 1

43

COLOR_TRAJ_TICS_2

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Trajectory Frames 2

44

COLOR_TRAJ_TICS_3

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Trajectory Frames 3

45

COLOR_GHOST_BEFORE

Main UI

Ghost (Before)

46

COLOR_GHOST_AFTER

Main UI

Ghost (After)

47

COLOR_12FIELD_GRID

Main UI

12-Field Grid

48

COLOR_START_RANGE1

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Light Near Start

49

COLOR_END_RANGE1

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Light Near End

50

COLOR_CAMERA_CLIP

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Camera Clip

51

COLOR_NURBS_CV

Main UI

NURBS Control Vertex

52

COLOR_NURBS_LATTICE

Main UI

NURBS Lattice

53

COLOR_NURBS_CP

Main UI

NURBS Con Point

54

COLOR_NURBS_FP

Main UI

NURBS Fit Point

55

COLOR_NURBS_DEP

Main UI

NURBS Dep Object

56

COLOR_NURBS_ERROR

Main UI

NURBS Error Object

57

COLOR_NURBS_HILITE

Main UI

NURBS Hilite

58

COLOR_NURBS_FUSE

Main UI

NURBS Fuse

59

COLOR_END_EFFECTOR

Gizmos & Apparatuses

End Effector

60

COLOR_END_EFFECTOR_STRING

Gizmos & Apparatuses

End Effector String

61

COLOR_JOINT_LIMIT_SEL

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Selected Joint Limits

62

COLOR_JOINT_LIMIT_UNSEL

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Joint Limits

63

COLOR_IK_TERMINATOR

Gizmos & Apparatuses

IK Terminator

64

COLOR_SF_USER

Main UI

Safe Frame User

65

COLOR_VERT_TICKS

Main UI

Vertex Ticks

66

COLOR_XRAY

Main UI

See Through

67

COLOR_GROUP_OBJ

Objects

Group Object

68

COLOR_MANIPULATOR_X

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Transform Gizmo X

69

COLOR_MANIPULATOR_Y

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Transform Gizmo Y

70

COLOR_MANIPULATOR_Z

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Transform Gizmo Z

71

COLOR_MANIPULATOR_ACTIVE

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Active Transform Gizmo

72

COLOR_VPT_CLIPPING

Main UI

Viewport Clipping

73

COLOR_DECAY_RADIUS

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Light Decay Start

74

COLOR_VERT_NUMBERS

Main UI

Vertex Numbers

75

COLOR_CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

Main UI

Cross Hair Cursor

76

COLOR_SV_WINBK

Other Views

SV Window Bkg

77

COLOR_SV_NODEBK

Other Views

SV Node Bkg

78

COLOR_SV_SELNODEBK

Other Views

SV Selected Node Bkg

79

COLOR_SV_NODE_HIGHLIGHT

Other Views

SV Node Highlight

80

COLOR_SV_MATERIAL_HIGHLIGHT

Other Views

SV Material Highlight

81

COLOR_SV_MODIFIER_HIGHLIGHT

Other Views

SV Modifier Highlight

82

COLOR_SV_PLUGIN_HIGHLIGHT

Other Views

SV Plugin Highlight

83

COLOR_SV_SUBANIM_LINE

Other Views

SV Sub-Anim Line

84

COLOR_SV_CHILD_LINE

Other Views

SV Child Line

85

COLOR_SV_FRAME

Other Views

SV Frame

86

COLOR_SV_SELTEXT

Other Views

SV Selected Label

87

COLOR_SV_TEXT

Other Views

SV Label

88

COLOR_UNSEL_TAB

Main UI

Unselected Tabs

89

COLOR_ATMOS_APPARATUS

Gizmos & Apparatuses

Atmospheric Apparatuses

90

COLOR_SUBSELECTION_HARD

Main UI

SubSelection Hard

91

COLOR_SUBSELECTION_MEDIUM

Main UI

SubSelection Medium

92

COLOR_SUBSELECTION_SOFT

Main UI

SubSelection Soft

93

COLOR_SV_UNFOLD_BUTTON

Other Views

SV Unfold Children Button

94

COLOR_SV_GEOMOBJECT_BK

Other Views

SV Geometry Node Bkg

95

COLOR_SV_LIGHT_BK

Other Views

SV Light Node Bkg

96

COLOR_SV_CAMERA_BK

Other Views

SV Camera Node Bkg

97

COLOR_SV_SHAPE_BK

Other Views

SV Shape Node Bkg

98

COLOR_SV_HELPER_BK

Other Views

SV Helper Node Bkg

99

COLOR_SV_SYSTEM_BK

Other Views

SV System Node Bkg

100

COLOR_SV_CONTROLLER_BK

Other Views

SV Controller Node Bkg

101

COLOR_SV_MODIFIER_BK

Other Views

SV Modifier Node Bkg

102

COLOR_SV_MATERIAL_BK

Other Views

SV Material Node Bkg

103

COLOR_SV_MAP_BK

Other Views

SV Map Node Bkg