The word color, followed by a number from 0 to 15, sets the background of 

the number box to one of the standard object colors which are also 

available via the Color submenu in the Object menu.

Hello,
I can't change the color for numbox.
Max Ref says :
The word color, followed by a number from 0 to 15, sets the background of 
the number box to one of the standard object colors which are also 
available via the Color submenu in the Object menu.

color-numbox

The color message was a last millenium solution to make a patch look realy fancy: 15 predefinable colors. With the new millenium came rgb support, drowning us in an ocean of about 8 with 28 zeros of possible color schemes for a number box. Apparantly the color message is now not any longer supported and has not yet been erased from the manual. If you want to achieve old school behavior, this will do it.

> The color message was a last millenium solution to make a patch 

> look realy fancy: 15 predefinable colors. With the new millenium 

> came rgb support, drowning us in an ocean of about 8 with 28 zeros 

> of possible color schemes for a number box. Apparantly the color 

> message is now not any longer supported and has not yet been erased 

> from the manual. If you want to achieve old school behavior, this 

> The color message was a last millenium solution to make a patch  
> look realy fancy: 15 predefinable colors. With the new millenium  
> came rgb support, drowning us in an ocean of about 8 with 28 zeros  
> of possible color schemes for a number box. Apparantly the color  
> message is now not any longer supported and has not yet been erased  
> from the manual. If you want to achieve old school behavior, this  
> will do it.

color numbox