# Display Colour Legend for Surface

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/display-colour-legend-for-surface/22520>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** color\
**Created:** [March 15, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/display-colour-legend-for-surface/22520 "2022-03-15T14:08:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mik](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Mik)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/display-colour-legend-for-surface/22520/2 "2022-03-15T19:22:30Z")

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For displayed model node you can use “Models” module with “Scalars” and “Color Legend” sub-sections.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/2/62106d20878fe3410ff53f560013b2eee07cc865.png)

Major features of “Color Legend” is described here:

> [@"Color Scalar Bar" reworked and upgraded, now it’s called "Color Legend"](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/color-scalar-bar-reworked-and-upgraded-now-it-s-called-color-legend/21567):
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> Starting from version [30530 build 2022-01-15](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5828/commits/170a0e0edd448fd2c5d8e47ac6de591293fc8354) “Color Scalar Bar” section from “Colors” module was replaced with “Color Legend” section. The “Color Legend” section has been also added to the “Volume”, “Model” and “Markups” modules to control visibility and behavior of color legend. New major features: More unified API. Each Volume, Model, Markups or any other displayable node now can have an individual color legend by means of [vtkMRMLColorLegendDisplayNode](https://apidocs.slicer.org/master/classvtkMRMLColorLegendDisplayNode.html). Displayed LUT is in sy…

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