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The Color Parameters system table lets you control which colors appear in the background- and foreground-color menus of G2, and the order in which those colors appear.

To display the color menu of a workspace:

Choose KB Workspace > Color > foreground-or-background-color.

Controlling the Menu Order of Colors

This value...	Arranges the colors...
hue	By hue. For example, greens are grouped together, reds are grouped together, blues are grouped together, and so on.
intensity	From light to dark.
alphabetic	Alphabetically, according to the color names.

Specifying the Colors on the First Color Menu

This value...	Provides...
color, color...	Any color from the G2 color set. Enter the names of the color in the order of your choice to construct your own color set. G2 accepts some variations in spelling. For example, you can enter grey instead of gray.
standard-set	A subset of the G2 color set consisting of: aquamarine, black, blue, brown, dark gray, gray, green, light gray, orange, purple, red, white, yellow
all	The full G2 color set as they appear: transparent, foreground, black, dim gray, dark gray, gray, light gray, white, pink, Indian red, salmon, brown, orange, red, tan, gold, coral, sienna, wheat, medium goldenrod, khaki, goldenrod, yellow, green yellow, pale green, forest green, lime green, green, aquamarine, medium aquamarine, light blue, turquoise, cadet blue, cyan, sky blue, slate blue, medium blue, blue, medium orchid, dark slate blue, thistle, plum, purple, violet, magenta, maroon, and violet red. The colors are arranged by hue, since that is the default for the Color-menu-ordering attribute

Defining the Colors on the Second Color Menu

Specifying the Number of Columns for the First Color Menu

Specifying the Number of Columns for the Second Color Menu

Indicating Whether to Dismiss the Color Menu

Class-Specific Attributes of Color Parameters

Attribute	Description
Color-menu-ordering	Controls the order in which colors are displayed in menus.
Allowable values:	{hue | intensity | alphabetic}
Default value:	hue
Colors-on-1st-level-color-menu	Controls which colors appear in the first level color menus.
Allowable values:	{color [, ...] | standard-set | all | none}
Default value:	standard-set
Colors-on-2nd-level-color-menu	Lets you create a subset of colors from the 1st level colors menu. This makes viewing the color syntax easier. It has the same syntax as the Color-on-1st-level-color-menu attribute.
Allowable values:	{color [, ...] | standard-set | all | none}
Default value:	all
Number-of-columns-for-1st-level-color-menu	Controls the number of columns to display the 1st level color menu.
Allowable values:	1 - 7
Default value:	1
Number-of-columns-for-2nd-level-color-menu	Controls the number of columns to display the 2nd level color menu.
Allowable values:	1 - 7
Default value:	3
Dismiss-color-menu-after-choosing?	Specifies how you want to dismiss menus. If yes, G2 dismisses the menus immediately. If no, all of the menus are left up, and you must dismiss them manually.
Allowable values:	{yes | no}
Default value:	yes

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