Why are some nodes different colors? Copy and Transform, for example, is orange. Not because of an error or alert, it's just different. I can't seem to find that info anywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_code [en.wikipedia.org]

Color helps discern objects at a glance without reading text.

jsmack
Color helps discern objects at a glance without reading text.

Fair... But why Orange? And why the Copy node and not Transform? Is there a classification list somewhere showing what is grouped as what color? Just seems like if it was important enough to implement then it should also be documented somewhere. I can't seem to find it in the docs.

The coding is learned subconsciously by using Houdini and placing nodes.

JohnSlaughter

jsmack
Color helps discern objects at a glance without reading text.

Fair... But why Orange? And why the Copy node and not Transform? Is there a classification list somewhere showing what is grouped as what color? Just seems like if it was important enough to implement then it should also be documented somewhere. I can't seem to find it in the docs.

Change the defaults for a node by selecting it, and then Ctrl-clicking on a colour in the Color Palette. The same applies to shape.

Sometimes you have to define your own best practices.

Don't overthink it, it was a simple move on their part based on what we do in Studios.
that is to implement a standard color scheme for types of nodes/operations, in order to quickly spot what is happening.

L