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title: "Color Mapping"
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# Color Mapping

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This command allows for a global override of CloudWorx point cloud coloring.

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> ### Requirements
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> No selection is required to launch the command.

1. **Global Color Mapping**:
  1. Select **No Override** to display the point cloud using its own setting.
  2. Select **True Color** to display the point cloud with real color. If real color data is not present, the point cloud will instead use intensity data (if available), then a single color. This is equivalent to click on the component color in the tree and choose **Real color**.
  3. Select **Intensity Mapping** to display the point cloud with intensity-mapped colors. If intensity data is not available, CloudWorx attempts to use real color data (if available), then a single color.
    1. Then, set **Minimum** and **Maximum** intensity thresholds (**Intensity Mapping Parameters**).
  4. Select **Elevation Mapping** to color along a direction.
    1. Then, set the **Origin**, **Direction**, **Start** and **Delta** to define the ranges (**Elevation/Distance Mapping**).
  5. Select **Distance Mapping** to color around a target point.
    1. Then, set the **Origin**, **Start** and **Delta** to define the ranges (**Elevation/Distance Mapping**).
  6. Select **Appearance** in order to display the point cloud in a custom RGB color. This is equivalent to click on the component color in the tree and choose **Flat** and click on **...**.
  7. Select **Classification** to display it. Then, define the classification model to use and the classes to display.
2. **Color Scheme** (useful if you choose Intensity, Elevation or Distance Mapping):
  1. **Multi-Hue:** from red through yellow and green to blue.
  2. **Grayscale**: from dark to bright gray.
  3. **Scaled red**: from dark to bright red.
  4. **Scaled green**: from dark to bright green.
  5. **Scaled blue**: from dark to bright blue.
3. **Number of colors**: set the number of color ranges.
4. Optionally, **Repeat color out of range** to apply colors for values out of range.
5. Optionally, apply a **Gamma correction**.