Element colors

Match! uses a certain color for each element e.g. in the "elemental composition" pie chart graphics (see chapter "Quantitative Phase Analysis"). You can change this color e.g. in the corresponding table on the "Elements" page of the "Colors and line styles" dialog. (The "Colors and line styles" dialog can be opened using the corresponding button in the toolbar at the top of the main window.)

Colors used for elements

In order to change the color used for a certain element in the pie chart graphics, simply scroll down the list of all colors and elements until you reach the desired element, then click on the color in the left-most color and select the desired new color in the window that is opened.

Note:

You can also change the color used for an element directly by double-clicking on the corresponding slice of the "elemental composition" or "combined" pie chart.
You can make the changes (colors) permanent as described below.

Use gray color for light elements in pie chart graphics

If this option is active, the colors of light elements (i.e. all elements with ordinal number below 11 (Na)) are not used. Instead, Match! uses different gray colors for light elements, in order to distinguish the light elements from the other elements. The background is that the individual amounts of light elements may not be available in XRF (X-ray fluorescence) spectroscopy results, so that they can be combined as "remaining" or "not included" elements.

Default settings

If you mark the "Save as defaults" checkbox at the bottom of the dialog before you close it by clicking "OK", the current settings (all but the ones on the tab "Current exp. data"!) will be stored in the registry so that they are restored next time your start Match!. You can also save the current settings explicitly by selecting the corresponding command in the "Options" menu. This is generally appropriate if you changed some options using toolbar buttons instead of the "Options" dialog.

Factory settings

If you are in doubt whether your default settings are still appropriate, you can restore the original (Crystal Impact) settings using the "Restore factory settings" command in the "Options" menu.