Track Color

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.

Changing the color of specific tracks

Changing the color of a track is done by selecting the track(s) and [right]{.kbd .mouse} clicking on the track header of one of them then from the context menu, selecting [Color]{.kbd .menu} and picking a hue in the color dialog. Every selected track will be re-colored.

If only one track is changed, [right]{.kbd .mouse} 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

Tracks that belong to a track/bus group can share a common color by enabling the [Color]{.kbd .option} option for the group. With this enabled, any color change will be propagated to all group members.

The group color can also be explicitly changed by context-clicking on the group tab in the Mixer, selecting [Edit Group…]{.kbd .menu} and then clicking on the Color selector in the displayed dialog.