How To: Drive the Color of a Part
DriveWorks provides the ability to drive a model's color or texture (the material of a part can also be driven).
To do this, create and capture a custom property in the model called "DWColor" or "DWColour", for more information see Custom Properties.
The result of the rule for the DWColor custom property should take the form:
Red value|Green value|Blue value
The function Color returns color values in this format, for example:
Color(255, 0, 0)
Returns "255|0|0" (which is red).
SOLIDWORKS 2026
When using SOLIDWORKS 2026 to generate models that require color or texture to be driven the SOLIDWORKS system option Appearance Visual Style must be set to Legacy Appearances
- Open SOLIDWORKS and select Tools>Options
- From the System Options tab, select the Display menu item.
- From the Appearance Visual Style section, select Legacy Appearances.
Illumination Properties
Illumination properties (Ambience, Diffusion,Specular Amount, Transparency, etc.) can be driven by adding further parameters after the color values.
See Model Rules - Special Custom Properties for more information.
Common Color RGB Values
The table below shows some standard colors.
| Color | RGB Value |
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| 240|248|255 |
| 250|235|215 |
| 0|255|255 |
| 127|255|212 |
| 240|255|255 |
| 245|245|220 |
| 255|228|196 |
| 0|0|0 |
| 255|235|205 |
| 0|0|255 |
| 138|43|226 |
| 165|42|42 |
| 222|184|135 |
| 95|158|160 |
| 127|255|0 |
| 210|105|30 |
| 255|127|80 |
| 100|149|237 |
| 255|248|220 |
| 220|20|60 |
| 0|255|255 |
| 0|0|139 |
| 0|139|139 |
| 184|134|11 |
| 169|169|169 |
| 0|100|0 |
| 189|183|107 |
| 139|0|139 |
| 85|107|47 |
| 255|140|0 |
| 153|50|204 |
| 139|0|0 |
| 233|150|122 |
| 143|188|139 |
| 72|61|139 |
| 47|79|79 |
| 0|206|209 |
| 148|0|211 |
| 255|20|147 |
| 0|191|255 |
| 105|105|105 |
| 30|144|255 |
| 178|34|34 |
| 255|250|240 |
| 34|139|34 |
| 255|0|255 |
| 220|220|220 |
| 248|248|255 |
| 255|215|0 |
| 218|165|32 |
| 128|128|128 |
| 0|128|0 |
| 173|255|47 |
| 240|255|240 |
| 255|105|180 |
| 205|92|92 |
| 75|0|130 |
| 255|255|240 |
| 240|230|140 |
| 230|230|250 |
| 255|240|245 |
| 124|252|0 |
| 255|250|205 |
| 173|216|230 |
| 240|128|128 |
| 224|255|255 |
| 250|250|210 |
| 144|238|144 |
| 211|211|211 |
| 255|182|193 |
| 255|160|122 |
| 32|178|170 |
| 135|206|250 |
| 119|136|153 |
| 176|196|222 |
| 255|255|224 |
| 0|255|0 |
| 50|205|50 |
| 250|240|230 |
| 255|0|255 |
| 128|0|0 |
| 102|205|170 |
| 0|0|205 |
| 186|85|211 |
| 147|112|219 |
| 60|179|113 |
| 123|104|238 |
| 0|250|154 |
| 72|209|204 |
| 199|21|133 |
| 25|25|112 |
| 245|255|250 |
| 255|228|225 |
| 255|228|181 |
| 255|222|173 |
| 0|0|128 |
| 253|245|230 |
| 128|128|0 |
| 107|142|35 |
| 255|165|0 |
| 255|69|0 |
| 218|112|214 |
| 238|232|170 |
| 152|251|152 |
| 175|238|238 |
| 219|112|147 |
| 255|239|213 |
| 255|218|185 |
| 205|133|63 |
| 255|192|203 |
| 221|160|221 |
| 176|224|230 |
| 128|0|128 |
| 255|0|0 |
| 188|143|143 |
| 65|105|225 |
| 139|69|19 |
| 250|128|114 |
| 244|164|96 |
| 46|139|87 |
| 255|245|238 |
| 160|82|45 |
| 192|192|192 |
| 135|206|235 |
| 106|90|205 |
| 112|128|144 |
| 255|250|250 |
| 0|255|127 |
| 70|130|180 |
| 210|180|140 |
| 0|128|128 |
| 216|191|216 |
| 255|99|71 |
| 64|224|208 |
| 238|130|238 |
| 245|222|179 |
| 255|255|255 |
| 245|245|245 |
| 255|255|0 |
| 154|205|50 |
| Knowledge Base Article Ref: | KB12121016 |
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