# RGB color mapping
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rgb-color-mapping/17213
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [September 26, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rgb-color-mapping/17213 "2025-09-26T16:00:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@saketh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/saketh)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rgb-color-mapping/17213/1 "2025-09-26T16:00:47Z")
Hello friends,
I have exported nodal, element data in vtk file to visualize in paraview. I have 6656 elements and each element has some rgb data {{0,1,0},{0.6,0.9,1}…..}\*255 to make it consistent with paraview. Now how can i map this color data exactly to each element in paraview?? Looking forward for your help
Here is samaple code snippet:
CELLS 6656 59904
8 0 16 664 147 6784 6785 6786 6787
8 16 17 665 664 6788 6789 6790 6785
8 17 18 666 665 6791 6792 6793 6789
8 18 19 667 666 6794 6795 6796 6792
8 19 20 668 667 6797 6798 6799 6795
8 20 21 669 668 6800 6801 6802 6798
8 21 22 670 669 6803 6804 6805 6801
8 22 23 671 670 6806 6807 6808 6804
8 23 24 672 671 6809 6810 6811 6807…….
CELL\_DATA 6656
COLOR\_SCALARS ElementColors 3
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
0 255 0
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rgb-color-mapping/17213/2 "2025-09-29T10:17:11Z")
In the _Properties_ panel, select “ElementColors” in the Coloring menu and then uncheck the property **Map Scalars**. This tells ParaView to use the RGB values you have provided in the “ElementColors” array.
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### Author:  [@saketh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/saketh)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rgb-color-mapping/17213/3 "2025-09-29T14:34:39Z")
Dear Mr.Cory,
Thank you for your response. Yes, it is working now.
Regards
Saketh