# Colorbar background color?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [June 15, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416 "2021-06-15T23:15:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416/1 "2021-06-15T23:15:55Z")

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Is it possible to set a background color for colorbars? For example, is there a setting that would automatically “fill-in” the below colorbar with a background color of my choosing? I’ve seen some old posts regarding backgrounds for text and programmable filters, but haven’t seen anything for colorbars.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f3eacc1a31058410ea99d5ff6e2cb09dfe04ba69.jpeg)

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416/2 "2021-06-16T01:06:08Z")

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Alas, there is no background color setting for the color bar.

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### Author: ![pcrepier](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pcrepier](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pcrepier)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416/3 "2021-06-16T06:33:00Z")

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I had created a feature request for this some time ago.

[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/18612](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/18612)

I would still be very happy to see this being implemented 🙂

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416/4 "2021-06-16T12:11:13Z")

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I’ve moved this in Feature Request !

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416/5 "2022-03-03T19:01:40Z")

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This has been implemented and is coming in ParaView 5.11.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416/6 "2022-03-03T19:02:48Z")

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Great, do you have a MR link ?

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### Author: ![nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/nicolas.vuaille/32/5873_2.png) [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416/7 "2022-03-04T08:54:57Z")

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Seems to be this one: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/merge\_requests/5350](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/merge_requests/5350)