# Changing the axis colors in vtkCameraOrientationWidget

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/changing-the-axis-colors-in-vtkcameraorientationwidget/14664
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [October 5, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/changing-the-axis-colors-in-vtkcameraorientationwidget/14664 "2024-10-05T03:46:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Connor9220](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/connor9220/32/9328_2.png) [@Connor9220](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Connor9220)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/changing-the-axis-colors-in-vtkcameraorientationwidget/14664/1 "2024-10-05T03:46:33Z")

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The AXIS colors in the vtkCameraOrientationWidget are non standard, and I can’t figure out how to change them. Doesn’t look like there is a way to do this?

Help?

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### Author: ![Nam\_Le\_Hoang](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/nam_le_hoang/32/10358_2.png) [@Nam\_Le\_Hoang](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Nam_Le_Hoang)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/changing-the-axis-colors-in-vtkcameraorientationwidget/14664/2 "2026-01-12T02:16:30Z")

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I have the same issue with vtk python 9.5 . Does anyone know about it or it’s never exposed via python functions ?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/changing-the-axis-colors-in-vtkcameraorientationwidget/14664/3 "2026-01-12T08:19:32Z")

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Fixed in VTK 9.6.0

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### Author: ![jaswantp](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/jaswantp/32/10046_2.png) [@jaswantp](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/jaswantp)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/changing-the-axis-colors-in-vtkcameraorientationwidget/14664/4 "2026-01-12T14:01:17Z")

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Starting in 9.6, you can set the axis colors. See the example [https://examples.vtk.org/site/PythonicAPI/Widgets/CameraOrientationWidget/](https://examples.vtk.org/site/PythonicAPI/Widgets/CameraOrientationWidget/)