Displaying composite raster in colors other than RGB in ArcMap?

Question

I have a composite raster file with three bands in ArcMap 10.1. I am trying to display them in colors different than standard RGB. For example, I want band one to be blue, band two be brown and band three be green.

How can I do this task?

Answer 1

In ArcMap 10.3 and above you would be able to make a color map (.clr) file which would allow you to create custom definitions to be applied to your raster.

For your version of ArcMap, try the following:

In the table of contents, right-click the raster layer that you want to draw showing unique values, and click Properties.

• Click the Symbology tab.
• Click the Color scheme drop-down arrow and click a color scheme.
• Open the Properties to modify specifics about how the color scheme is generated.
• Save the color scheme

Additional resources

• Drawing a multiband raster dataset as an RGB composite
• Drawing thematic raster datasets representing unique categories