# How to specify custom solid colors that persist?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-specify-custom-solid-colors-that-persist/17644
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 1, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-specify-custom-solid-colors-that-persist/17644 "2026-07-01T23:23:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-specify-custom-solid-colors-that-persist/17644/1 "2026-07-01T23:23:34Z")
I find myself constantly adding custom colors to the `Pick Solid Color` dialog, since it doesn’t seem that these colors persist across sessions.
For example:
1. Launch fresh session of ParaView 6.1.0 (make sure it’s the only open instance of ParaView).
2. Create sphere source
3. Click the `Edit Color Map` button while coloring by `Solid Color`
4. Click on the bottom left `Custom colors` box, enter `#F04562` into the `HTML` field, click the `Add to Custom Colors` button.
5. Click the `OK` button to close the dialog.
6. Close ParaView
7. Open ParaView and repeat steps 1-3. The custom color is back to white.
Is there a file somewhere I can modify? Doesn’t seem like this is in the `ParaView-UserSettings.json` and Claude suggests that this is a QT setting and, as such, is hidden from users.
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```auto
Client Information:
Version: 6.1.0
VTK Version: 9.6.1
Qt Version: 6.9.0
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: C:\\Program Files\\ParaView 6.1.0\\bin\\Lib
Python Library Version: 3.12.7 (tags/v3.12.7:0b05ead, Oct 1 2024, 03:06:41) \[MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)\]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: C:\\Program Files\\ParaView 6.1.0\\bin\\lib\\site-packages\\numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.26.4
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: C:\\Program Files\\ParaView 6.1.0\\bin\\lib\\site-packages\\matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.7.2
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: Off
ParaView Build ID: superbuild af9bb3207d40b64f97c64a9c319d483ff3b17d03 (!1332)
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory:
Data Directory:
SMP Backend: TBB
SMP Max Number of Threads: 32
OpenGL Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 596.59
OpenGL Renderer: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB/PCIe/SSE2
Accelerated filters overrides available: No
Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No
```
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-specify-custom-solid-colors-that-persist/17644/2 "2026-07-02T13:53:50Z")
Hmm, yeah, I would expect those colors would be saved in the Qt .ini file alongside the `ParaView-UserSettings.json` file (`~/.config/ParaView/ParaView.ini` on linux and macOS), but that doesn’t appear to be the case. It looks like an oversight because the color chooser dialog is created as needed for a color selection, and likely no one thought to save that dialog’s state along the way.
I think it makes sense to save those custom colors across sessions. Mind creating an issue for this?
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### Author:  [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-specify-custom-solid-colors-that-persist/17644/3 "2026-07-02T16:26:17Z")
Done, see [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work\_items/23321](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work_items/23321)
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-specify-custom-solid-colors-that-persist/17644/4 "2026-07-02T16:30:05Z")
Thanks!