Well that sort of works. I am able to select text items and straight lines and change their color. I am not able to select some items (contour lines, tree icons etc) and can't change them. Fortunately was able to change most of the yellow items and make drawing readable. Was hoping for a more universal way to change colors as that was a rather a chore having to select and change bit by bit. Thanks much. BTW I did re-import the dwg getting scale adjusted correct.