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The color mapping of the displayed cell result is controlled by the **Legend Definition** located below a result node in the **Project Tree**. The legend can be shown or hidden by checking or unchecking the box in front of the Legend Definition.

![Legend Configuration]({{ site.baseurl }}/images/legend_configuration.PNG)

- **Number of levels** -- Defines the number of tick marks displayed next to the color legend
- **Significant digits** -- Defines the number of significant digits in the number formatting
- **Number format** -- Defines how the numbers are formatted
- **Colors** -- Defines the color palette

- **Mapping** -- This option defines how the values are mapped onto the color distribution
  - **Discrete Linear** -- Legend divided into linear levels defined by **Number of levels**
  - **Continuous Linear** -- Continuous linear legend with tick mark count defined by **Number of levels**
  - **Continuous Logarithmic** -- Continuous logarithmic legend with tick mark count defined by **Number of levels**
  - **Discrete Logarithmic** -- Logarithmic legend divided into levels defined by **Number of levels**
  - **Category** -- Special legend with one level for each category, either integer values or formation names.  
   Only available for result names ending with _`NUM`_ or formation names.
- **Range type**
  - **All Timesteps** -- values for all time steps are used to find min and max value of 
  the result values represented by the color legend.  
  (Not available for Flow Diagnostics results)
  - **Current Timestep** -- use current (one) time step to find min and max values  
  - **User Defined Range** -- user specifies numeric values for min and max  

Furthermore the legend can have a semi-transparent background applied to it by selecting the **Enable Legend Background** option in the Preferences dialog.

![Legend Background]({{ site.baseurl }}/images/legend_background.png) ![Legend With or Without Background]({{ site.baseurl }}/images/legend_with_background.png)