# Change default color palette for segmentation **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** color\ **Created:** [October 21, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/change-default-color-palette-for-segmentation/20288 "2021-10-21T16:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4

**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/change-default-color-palette-for-segmentation/20288/4 "2022-01-13T13:10:26Z")

This is a bit related to another thread about Segmentations using simple colors vs Terminology colors. Where simple colors may just be a selection that are vibrant and where 2 segmentations of the same type object are given different colors for uniqueness. However Terminology uses a specific pre-defined color for a type of object being segmented and that same color always being used if segmenting the same object across volumes. Slicer makes users use Terminology colors as the primary option and makes it a bit more difficult to use colors in a simple color usage. > [@Simple Color vs Terminology Color usage](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/simple-color-vs-terminology-color-usage/20271): > > I have found it confusing that 2 similar looking color objects bring up different options. First, there is the color selector in a node table such as in this table in the Markups module, but also used in the Segment Editor module and the Data module. [image] Second, there is this color selector used in various place mode widgets including the markups toolbar [image] It is confusing that these look the same (square color that can be double-clicked), but bring up different options. The versio… --- _[View the full topic](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/change-default-color-palette-for-segmentation/20288)._