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Settings - Terrain Colors

Terrain Colors

On this page you can set the colors of the terrain levels. The levels comprise the elevation range from under zero to nearly 9000m. On the left side of the window you can see the currently used colors for the different elevations as bar with a scale at the right side. The scale unit can be in meter or foot depending on your selected preferred altitude unit. In the middle of the window you have in a frame a combo box and different buttons. In the combo box you can select the elevation of the terrain level to be modified. Pressing the button Terrain Color popups the color editor in which you can assign a new color if you want.

Terrain Level
In the combo box you can select the terrain level to be edited. Choose the level and press the button Terrain Color.
The level < 0 (subterrain) is used as default ground for the oceans and if there are no ground maps loaded.

Terrain Color
Pressing the button Terrain Color popups a color editor with the color of the selected terrain level. Now you can change the color. With pressing of OK this new color will replace the previous one.

Ground Color
If isoline drawing is switched off, this color is taken as general ground color. Here you have the possibility to define a brighter color to have a better contrast on the map. For instance in the mountains the terrain color maybe to dark, so you can unify the ground color. Pressing the button Ground Color popups a color editor with the used color. Now you can change the color. With pressing of OK this new color will replace the previous one.

Color Defaults
Pressing the button Color Defaults will reset all colors to the internal defaults of Cumulus.

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