Ever wondered what the exact name of Inventors default appearance colours are? Perhaps you’re scripting a nice iLogic rule or just want to know the default appearance name for each colour. In this blog we will list all our favourite appearances for this purpose. The list is broken into what we’re call Core and Additional colours. Further down we’ve included all the additional appearances such as Clear, Glossy, Rubber and Smooth. At the bottom of this page, you will find a single combined list of all the appearance colours.

Standard Colours
Core Colours
- Black
- Cyan
- Dark Green
- Orange
- Pink
- Red
- Yellow
Additional Colours
- Beige
- Brindle
- Cadet Blue
- Canary
- Chestnut
- Cool White
- Dark Gray
- Dark Olive
- Default
- Fine – Cream
- Gold
- Gray
- Light Beige
- Light Grey
- Light Red
- Light Steel Blue
- Magenta
- Olive Green
- Orange-Red
- Sky Blue Dark
- Sky Blue Medium
- Slate Blue
- Steel Blue
- Turquoise
- Wheat
- White
Extra Appearances
Clear
- Clear
- Clear – Blue
- Clear – Light
- Clear – Yellow
Glossy
- Glossy – Black
- Glossy – Gold
Rubber
- Rubber – Black
- Rubber – Blue
- Rubber – Green
Smooth
- Smooth – Ash
- Smooth – Black
- Smooth – Dark Forest
- Smooth – Dark Sea Green
- Smooth – Ivory
- Smooth – Light Orange
- Smooth – Medium Gray
- Smooth – Off White
- Smooth – Purple
- Smooth – Red
- Smooth – White
- Smooth – Yellow
Full List
- Beige
- Brindle
- Cadet Blue
- Canary
- Chestnut
- Clear
- Clear – Blue
- Clear – Light
- Clear – Yellow
- Cool White
- Cyan
- Dark Gray
- Dark Green
- Dark Olive
- Default
- Fine – Cream
- Glossy – Black
- Glossy – Gold
- Gold
- Gray
- Light Beige
- Light Grey
- Light Red
- Light Steel Blue
- Magenta
- Olive Green
- Orange
- Orange-Red
- Pink
- Red
- Rubber – Black
- Rubber – Blue
- Rubber – Green
- Sky Blue Dark
- Sky Blue Medium
- Slate Blue
- Smooth – Ash
- Smooth – Black
- Smooth – Dark Forest
- Smooth – Dark Sea Green
- Smooth – Ivory
- Smooth – Light Orange
- Smooth – Medium Gray
- Smooth – Off-White
- Smooth – Purple
- Smooth – Red
- Smooth – White
- Smooth – Yellow
- Steel Blue
- Turquoise
- Wheat
- White
- Yellow
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