Which colour wins: landmark or group

You can colour a whole group at once, or colour a single landmark by hand. When both are set, Mapvera has a clear rule for which one shows — and knowing it lets you paint a map quickly and still make the odd exception.

The order of precedence

For each landmark, Mapvera picks its colour from the most specific setting down to the least:

1. The landmark's own Pin colour

   If the landmark has a Pin colour set, that colour wins — for its pin, its map area and its swatch in the list.

2. Its group's colour

   If the landmark's Pin colour is blank, it inherits the colour of its group. (If a landmark is in more than one group, its first group's colour is used.)

3. Neutral

   If neither is set, the landmark stays neutral — it shows blank/white in the list rather than a made-up default colour.

Colour precedence at a glance

Using it on purpose

1. Colour by group for consistency

   Set a colour on each group and leave every landmark's Pin colour blank. All the landmarks in a group match automatically, and changing the group's colour re-colours them all at once.

2. Override just one landmark

   Want one place to stand out from its group — a flagship store, a first-aid point? Give that single landmark its own Pin colour. It ignores the group colour; its neighbours keep it.

3. Reset a landmark to its group

   Clear a landmark's Pin colour and it drops straight back to inheriting its group's colour. There's no separate "use group colour" switch — blank means inherit.