- some fixes in the Legacy(2D) graphic mode regarding the possibility of changing the color of the Gerber objects

- added a method to darken the outline color for Gerber objects when they have the color set
- when Printing as PDF Gerber objects now the rendered color is the print color

flatcamGUI/FlatCAMGUI.py

@@ -656,8 +656,8 @@ class FlatCAMGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         self.menuproject_green = self.menuprojectcolor.addAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(self.app.resource_location + '/green32.png'), _('Green'))
 
-        self.menuproject_violet = self.menuprojectcolor.addAction(
-            QtGui.QIcon(self.app.resource_location + '/violet32.png'), _('Violet'))
+        self.menuproject_purple = self.menuprojectcolor.addAction(
+            QtGui.QIcon(self.app.resource_location + '/violet32.png'), _('Purple'))
 
         self.menuproject_brown = self.menuprojectcolor.addAction(
             QtGui.QIcon(self.app.resource_location + '/brown32.png'), _('Brown'))

flatcamGUI/PlotCanvasLegacy.py

@@ -957,9 +957,17 @@ class ShapeCollectionLegacy:
         :param linewidth: the width of the line
         :return:
         """
-        self._color = color[:-2] if color is not None else None
-        self._face_color = face_color[:-2] if face_color is not None else None
-        self._alpha = int(face_color[-2:], 16) / 255 if face_color is not None else 0.75
+        self._color = color if color is not None else "#006E20"
+        self._face_color = face_color if face_color is not None else "#BBF268"
+
+        if len(self._color) > 7:
+            self._color = self._color[:7]
+
+        if len(self._face_color) > 7:
+            self._face_color = self._face_color[:7]
+            # self._alpha = int(self._face_color[-2:], 16) / 255
+
+        self._alpha = 0.75
 
         if alpha is not None:
             self._alpha = alpha