# Traffic Light Colors back in Scrivener 3? **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener\ **Tags:** configuration, statistics\ **Created:** [April 6, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795 "2025-04-06T23:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/1 "2025-04-06T23:31:40Z")
Back when I used Scrivener 1, I used to _adore_ using project targets for the “_traffic light_” colours. Could anyone point me to a tutorial on how to change those back? ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/2 "2025-04-06T23:36:24Z")
![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/3/835964af5c72af0f2a6d5cbdd5efd2f4d09ef44a.png) ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/3 "2025-04-06T23:37:26Z")
Thanks, but which _exact_ colors do I use? ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/4 "2025-04-06T23:40:09Z")
Well… the ones you want. Whichever those are. You speak of traffic lights, so… obiously brown, pink and purple. (?) 🙂 If you pick green, yellow and red from the left side of the palette (windows) those are pretty blasty colors. That should do. ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/5 "2025-04-06T23:43:40Z")
I know it’s red yellow and green, but IDK which shades to use to replicate the Scriv 1 colors. That’s what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/6 "2025-04-06T23:44:46Z")
Can’t help with that. If you still have Scrivener1 installed, you may use the color-picker at it. Else, go by eye. (?) (I’d say: find something close and that makes you happy enough. It’s not like you’ll be thinking about it much once set.) ← Personal opinion. ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/7 "2025-04-06T23:51:48Z")
I used Adobe Color to mimic the colours, since I no longer have Scriv 1. Thanks (: ---
**Author:** ![gr](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/gr/32/38680_2.png) [@gr](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/gr)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/8 "2025-04-07T01:13:02Z")
Well, if it’s traffic lights you want … > In the US, standard traffic light colors are red (255, 0, 0), amber (255, 192, 0), and green (0, 255, 0) in RGB values. Or so says Google’s Search AI. ---
**Author:** ![JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/jimrac/32/16153_2.png) [@JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JimRac)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/9 "2025-04-07T01:22:59Z")
From my still working copy of Scrivener 1: ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/d/fddc735da0fc08303c16bbad8057dd6e649f50be.png) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/4/443ae52e00072deb4e807364be73eeac9eabf55e.png) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/8/08c4db33dac0a26a9ed9479379cdadd47fd9c66f.png) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/6/36c3cee2c3c25e50e1e8342684eb987d3ea11c52.png) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/5/656784ee189e67c680f0e2f87fda607cb70b8cf3.png) As you can see, it’s a red-yellow-green gradient. I’ve never used the feature, so don’t know whether v3 works the same. There doesn’t seem to be a way to modify the v1 colors, so I can’t tell you the RGB values, but you can use the eyedropper tool to pull them in. Or just use @gr’s values. 🤓 Best, Jim ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/10 "2025-04-07T02:00:48Z")
@JimRac Lowering the target count to increase progress is cheating. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/traffic-light-colors-back-in-scrivener-3/146795/11 "2025-04-07T12:38:24Z")
I used these colours to approximate: ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/b/7bc1bf4e24ef126134fb0a39ac1eae15b27dab7f.png) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/a/0a863c1f45f00cb8a33b3b191439cbbde07a2453.png) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/2/f2570306787bae076eff0b18d5b33980dbcd0b1f.png)