Thanks Bill. The saturation level should do what I want: Pastel
(wash down) the colors.

RobertB

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@p...> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> That F9 reference sounds as if it might be an old one... one
should
> hit '%' to toggle colored vs. non-color stars.
>
> Also, in the Star Display dialog, one can set the
'saturation'
> level to be anywhere from 0% (star colors effectively off) to 100%
> ("full" star coloring). With the 100% setting, type M stars are
> fire-engine red, O stars are bright blue, G stars canary yellow.
> An intermediate setting gets you something a little more
realistic,
> with the stars tinted slightly away from a pure-white color.
>
> -- Bill