Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 249

4. Make sure the Index Color tab is selected. You have three sets of color
swatches and two buttons for making color choices. In the row of nine
color swatches, below the large group of 240 choices, click the cyan (tur-
quoise) square. In the Color text box, “white” changes to “cyan,” and the
front rectangle in the lower-right corner takes on the color cyan.
FiGuRE 6.7 The Layer Properties Manager dialog box with a new layer
named A-WALL
FiGuRE 6.8 The Index Color tab in the Select Color dialog box
TIP as you move the cursor over the available color swatches, the index
color number, from 1 through 255, and the RGB values appear beneath the
large field of 240 choices.
5. Click OK to close the Select Color dialog box. In the Layer List box of
the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, you can see that the color
square for the A-WALL layer has changed to cyan.