## [What is color coding?](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/#what-is-color-coding/index.html) Color coding allows you to assign colors to Mythos entities so they're highlighted throughout your manuscript. This makes it easy to see where characters, locations, and other elements appear at a glance. **Available in:** Novel Workspace only --- ## [Assigning colors:](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/#assigning-colors/index.html) **To assign a color to an entity:** 1. Open the entity's profile 2. Click on the three dots in the top right 3. Choose a color from the palette Entity mentions are now highlighted in that color throughout your text. --- ## [Color inheritance:](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/#color-inheritance/index.html) Parents can pass their color to all child entities. **How it works:** 1. Assign a color to a parent entity 2. Select the parent entity colour token in any child entity Note Child entities only inherit a parent’s color if you manually select the inherited color in the child’s color palette. Colors are not applied automatically. **Example:** Assign blue to "The Empire" (parent location) and all empire cities (children) are highlighted in blue. **Overriding:** Child entities can have their own colors assigned, which override the parent's color. [Learn more about Relationships →](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/mythos-relationships/index.html) --- ## [Managing colors:](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/#managing-colors/index.html) ### [Removing colors](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/#removing-colors/index.html) Open entity profile → Select "None" ### [Changing colors](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/#changing-colors/index.html) Open entity profile → Select new color --- ## [Next steps](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/#next-steps/index.html) - [Characters →](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/mythos-characters/index.html) - Track people in your story - [Locations →](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/mythos-locations/index.html) - Track places and settings - [Other Entities →](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-color-coding/other-entities/index.html) - Organizations, lore, items, events [Previous\ Entity Relationships](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-relationships/index.html) [Next\ Mythos Mentions](/content/help/docs/mythos/mythos-mentions/index.html) Still need help? 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