Color Scheme
I like to coordinate my colors using a custom scheme tool that gives me RGB # such as A6C086 but for some reason I cannot find where to do this now for a panel object. Where might this be?
In Max 5 you can select Object Defaults from the Options menu. If you the choose panel from the object list (you'll need to click on the little arrow at the top right of the screen to show the extra objects) you can set the border, interior and gradient colours along with the filling mode.