The ISHIKAWA Procedure

Modifying Box Colors

By default, the box fill (background) color is empty and the shadow (outline) color is the same as the arrow color.

To modify the colors associated with trunk and branch boxes, select View → Ishikawa Settings → Colors…. A dialog, similar to the following, is displayed:

Figure 8.62: Colors Dialog

Colors Dialog


To change the fill color of all the boxes[23] in the Ishikawa diagram, do the following:

  • Select a color from the color palette.

  • Select Infill.

Once modified, the fill color is unaffected by changes in the arrow color. To return the box to an empty fill, proceed as follows:

  • Select the current infill color from the color palette (if it is not already the current color).

  • Select Infill.

To change the shadow color of the boxes, select Shadow and follow the same procedure.

Select OKto close the dialog or Cancel to cancel the changes.


[23] You cannot directly modify the colors of individual boxes from this dialog.