Remove Coloring

Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 21 May 2009)

For use with Sibelius 3.x, Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6

This plug-in removes all colors or a single specified color from objects in the open score, turning them back to their default color (i.e. black).

• Download RemoveColoring.zip (7K, downloaded 5629 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Apply Named Color

Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 21 May 2009)

For use with Sibelius 3.x, Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6

This plug-in allows you to color any selection of objects using a set of named colors. Simply select the objects you want to color, run the plug-in, and choose the desired color from the drop-down list.

• Download ApplyNamedColor.zip (4K, downloaded 5872 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Remove All Coloring

Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 21 May 2009)

For use with Sibelius 3.x, Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6

This plug-in resets all colored objects in the open score back to their default colors (i.e. black).

• Download RemoveAllColoring.zip (2K, downloaded 5186 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Locate Colored Objects

Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 16 Mar 2008)

For use with Sibelius 3.x and Sibelius 4

This plug-in creates a log file listing the location of every colored object in the selected score.

New in version 1.3:

• When run in Sibelius 4, now handles bar number changes

For Sibelius 5, use Find Colored Objects

• Download LocateColoredObjects.zip (13K, downloaded 4209 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Apply Color To Text In Style

Added 27 Feb 2006 (last updated 21 May 2009)

For use with Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6

Apply Color To Text In Style allows you to specify a named color and a text style, and apply the color to all selected text, system text, and lyrics object whose style matches the specified style.

The latest version of the plug-in fixes a problem with coloring system text that was not in a passage selection.

• Download ApplyColorToTextInStyle.zip (7K, downloaded 4489 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Pitch Spectrum

Added 21 Aug 2006 (last updated 21 May 2009)

For use with Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1 and Sibelius 5

This plug-in allows you to specify the colors of the pitches in the pitch spectrum from a list of named colors. Since, unlike Edit > Color, the pitch spectrum can color individual notes in a chord, this can be a useful way to color chords. The plug-in allows you to reset to the Sibelius default spectrum colors when you are done.

This plugin will not work in Sibelius 6. Try the shipping Color Pitches plugin for the closesest workaround.

• Download PitchSpectrum.zip (6K, downloaded 4485 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Replace Color

Added 03 Mar 2009 (last updated 21 May 2009)

For use with Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6

Changes the color of all selected objects that match the original color to be the replacement color. It will only replace \\\'\\\'added\\\'\\\' colors, such as from Edit > Color or a plugin, not the built-in colors.

You can remove coloring by setting the replacement color to Black, or add colors by setting the original color to black.

If you want to replace the colors of system objects, such as Tempo text, run the plugin with a system (double purple box) selection.

• Download ReplaceColor.zip (4K, downloaded 1425 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Color Enharmonic Pitches

Added 20 Nov 2009

For use with Sibelius 5 and Sibelius 6

Allows you to specify a color for individual pitches, using separate colors for enharmonically equivalent pitches (such as F#/Gb). You can use it to apply a rainbow of unique colors for each pitch, or use it for proofreading and analysis.

Double sharps and flats can be colored the same as an enharmonic pitch (Gx -> A), or the same as the corresponding single accidental (Dx -> D#), and quartertones are colored as the nearest flat or sharp. You can, however, select a color from the double/quartertone lists, and all double accidentals or quartertones will get the same color, regardless of pitch.

One significant feature is the ability to edit the RGB values of any of the named colors in the color list. So if you like a different shade of red or yellow, you can have it.

The plugin saves its settings (in the plugin Preferences database), so your rainbow and your RGB edits and be set up once and retained across Sibelius sessions.

Note that, as with all coloring in Sibelius, all notes in a chord will be given the same color, unless the notes are in different voices.

• Download ColorEnharmonicPitches.zip (14K, downloaded 8 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.