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Notation reference
Accidentals
Accidentals are shown beside notes to indicate their pitch, both when notated on a staff and written out in text. In music based in Western tonality, they usually show that the pitch of a note has been altered so that it does not conform to the prevailing key signature.
Hiding/Showing colors for accidentals
You can show cautionary accidentals and accidentals that you have shown manually in different colors, independently of each other.

Hiding/Showing colors for accidentals

You can show cautionary accidentals and accidentals that you have shown manually in different colors, independently of each other.

Colors for accidentals are considered annotations and are not printed by default.

Procedure

Do one of the following:
- To hide/show colors for cautionary accidentals, choose View > Note And Rest Colors > Cautionary Accidentals.
- To hide/show colors for forced accidentals, choose View > Note And Rest Colors > Forced Accidentals.

Colors for accidentals are hidden/shown. Cautionary accidentals appear pink, while forced accidentals appear teal.