# The default part color changed, how to change it?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/the-default-part-color-changed-how-to-change-it/5306 "2019-08-05T14:51:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/the-default-part-color-changed-how-to-change-it/5306/1 "2019-08-05T14:51:22Z")

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It used to be gray, in some tutorial videos it’s yellow. But after I import some parts, it changed to purple, which is quite weird. Every new part I created, it’s purple…

Does anyone know how to change the default color? Thanks!

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/the-default-part-color-changed-how-to-change-it/5306/2 "2019-08-05T15:12:40Z")

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Hi! Welcome to shapr3d forum.  
It seems like the default color was changed somehow from the color settings to purple. You can see from this article how you can change and select a default color:

> **[Color](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001415054-Color)**
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> In Shapr3D you can set the color of any face, body or group to any color.
> You can access this feature under Tools \> Color.
> Selecting a color
> Selecting a color is as simple as selecting your face...