Export graphics with colored notes?

Dorico
1

The goal
Export a PDF in which some of the noteheads are colored.

What I’ve done so far
I created colored notes in Write mode by:
(1) Selecting the note(s) I want to colour
(2) Enabling “color” from “Common” group in the bottom panel, and then choosing the color

Result: In Write, Engrave and Setup modes, I can see those notes have changed color. So far so good.

The problem
Despite the notes being colored in Write, Engrave and Setup modes, when I go to “Print” mode, the preview for the same flow is monochrome. Under Destination>Graphics, I toggled Color (rather than mono), but both the preview, and the exported PDF remained stubbornly black-noteheads-only.

Is it something I’m doing/leaving out? Or does Dorico only export notation in black? (In which case, why have colored notes as an option?)

2

Welcome to the forum, Tulip. You should certainly find that if you export a PDF with the options on the right-hand side in Print mode set to ‘Color’ rather than ‘Mono’, you get a PDF with all of your chosen colours intact. If you find this isn’t the case, could you please zip up your project and attach it here so we can take a look?