# Displaying data outside the color map

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-data-outside-the-color-map/7915
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 2, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-data-outside-the-color-map/7915 "2021-09-02T09:06:44Z")
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### Author: ![Andrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andrei)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-data-outside-the-color-map/7915/1 "2021-09-02T09:06:44Z")

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Dear Colleagues!  
How to force areas outside the range of the color map appear differently (for example, gray fill)

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### Author: ![Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kenneth_moreland/32/15033_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-data-outside-the-color-map/7915/2 "2021-09-02T17:51:04Z")

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In the color map editor, turn on the advanced properties. Then find the `Below Range Color` and `Above Range Color`. (You can find them even faster by typing `Range Color` in the search bar at the top of the color map editor.)

 ![Screen Shot 2021-09-02 at 11.48.34 AM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f5a2c242377e09982010b423cc4fe18a1e0a0b2e.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Andrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andrei)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-data-outside-the-color-map/7915/3 "2021-09-03T05:45:47Z")

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@Kenneth_Moreland , many thanks for the help!