before upgrading to cubase 7 from 6.5…when i imported a bunch of audio stems they came up in various nice colors. now when import in 7 they are a depressing grey color. How do i change this back? thanks 
You need to use Track Archives.
what are they?
pg. 696 in the manual
Hi thanks for the reference. Have checked the manual and not sure if i explained myself correctly.
When i import an audio file to cubase the default color is grey. how do i make it something other than grey without having to manually change it myself?
If I remember right in 7.0.1 colors are not assigned automatically. (I think it’s reported in Issues)
In the mean time you can assign varied colors using the Project Logical Editor. I think there is a preset for that. (don’t have my dongle with me now, otherwise I would give you the name of the preset.)
I noticed that! Even changing correctly the configuration regarding track colors in preferences, Cubase 7.0.1 creates tracks always in grey.