Menu: Settings > Colors > Select Color ()
Keyboard: COLOR
Alias: COLOUR
Establishes the color for all entities that you draw after you choose the command. The new color is displayed on the status line.
Color for drawing new entities <BYLAYER>: You can enter a numeric value, the name of the color, BYBLOCK, or BYLAYER.
Enter the color number from the color palette (1-255), 0 for BYLAYER, or 256 for BYBLOCK.
Select the name of the standard color. The seven standard color names are red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta, and white.
Color names are displayed in the prompt box that appears after you choose the Color command. You can select a color name by typing the first letter of the color you want as it appears in the prompt box and then pressing Enter.
To draw all entities in the default color set for the current layer, choose BYLAYER.
To draw entities in the default color (white or black, depending on your system settings) until they are grouped into a block, choose BYBLOCK. After you insert the block into a drawing, it assumes the currently selected color for new entities.
If a block contains a mixture of colors, inserting blocks when the color is set to BYBLOCK can produce unpredictable results.
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