Delete a color from the "Active Document" Colors?

[Bruce Kieffer]

I can purge the unused colors from the Active Document color palette, but the color I want to delete is supposedly used somewhere. I searched everywhere using custom selection, but the results say no object is using the color, and the color is not in my custom color palette. So how can I delete it from my file?

[Bruce Kieffer]

Here is the custom selection criteria that I used that shows no objects in the document are using the color I want to delete, yet Manage Palettes.../Active Document/Purge Unused... does not remove the color.

 

[Tom W.]

One scenario where this would occur is if you had an object with one colour located inside the history of a 3D Solid which has a different colour. The colour of the object inside would not purge yet also wouldn't show up when you run custom selection. Is it possible this is what's happening? Have you got Formula buried inside another object?

[Andy Broomell]

In addition to Tom's comment, remember colors are used in additional places, such as... Textures, RW Backgrounds, Hatches, Tiles, Class Attributes (including hidden colors saved for attribute types that aren't the selected type), viewport overrides, Layer colors, Data Vis, Worksheet text, etc.

[Bruce Kieffer]

I have no idea where or on what the color is used. It's too bad that "find" can't tell me where it is used. My solution is to ignore it otherwise I will go crazy!

[Andy Broomell]

I do wish there were a way to force delete a color swatch (and replace it with another, like with can with symbols, classes, etc).

[zoomer]

^ exactly !

 

Just like it works for Classes.

 

I also often wonder when I accidentally click on "Colors used in File"

how many I collected. Although I hardly tried to use only that same

bright blue or beige everywhere.

being able to delete and replace assigned objects with the new color

would be absolutely great.

[Jeff Prince]

This sounds like a great wishlist request.

And requesting the color picker & menu to return to the 2022 or earlier version.