Can I change track colurs and make them "stick"?

Having got into a protracted argy-bargy with support, I still cannot work out how to set track colours, such as Audio tracks are red, MIDI tracks are....blue etc, every time I open or start a project.
 
Is there a way? I swear I used to use Preferences, Customise, Colours. Is it different now?
 
Thanks for any help.

OK and thanks. But that does not allow me to set up that _all_ projects, new or existing, will have Audio tracks red, MIDI tracks blue etc...... AFAICS......
 
This really did not matter to me until the new PRV. I use MIDI a lot (nearly all) but anyway, Audio and Synth tracks seem pointless in a PRV.

But I thought with Customize Colors I could set up a set of colors for stuff for any projects...audio this,,,MIDI that,,. Am I just dreaming?

OldNick
But I thought with Customize Colors I could set up a set of colors for stuff for any projects...audio this,,,MIDI that,,. Am I just dreaming?

You can set up color preferences for global colors (Pool lines, clip pan envelopes, etc.), but track coloring is done on a project basis (at least at the moment).

So what exactly is 
When a track color is set to Default, the track strip will not be tinted, and clips will revert to using the track colors that are specified in the Preferences dialog box (Edit > Preferences > Customization - Colors).
Figure 61. Default track colors are defined in the Preferences dialog box.

Some of the preferences are no longer exposed but still exist. The easiest way to modify them is via "Import/Export Colors..." shown above and modify the color set in an earlier SONAR X version. The background colors would need to be set this way.

Is it the case now that one can pick colors for a track and when recording new clips, those colors will apply?  If so, that is a new feature in Platinum (though it was in 8.5.3.).  Please advise.
  
Either way, I am loyal to Sonar.  It is just the way I am!

The color templates from X1-X3 are linked in this post (no need to install X1 or X2). As stated above, the background colors have not been directly editable in X3/Platinum (so you would need X1 or X2 installed to edit the clr file(s)).

Quick edit: X3 does not allow editting either

They are all in the same file. I should have edited that post long ago simply to "right click and save as"

Once you download it, you can move it to your default location in prefs and load it. All variations are in that one clr file.

Like was said, you can change the colors and set up a template. If you save it over the default Basic.cwt template, it will automatically open at startup or whenever you start a new default project. This way there is no need to close down the current default and re-open your template every time.
 
I would suggest renaming the Basic.cwt so you have it if you ever want to return to the default.
 
It is not retroactive though. It will not change all your previous projects to your template.

I guess it is a personal preference and system settings. Whenever I opened Sonar it would open the basic.cwt template so I just overwrote it. Now whenever I open Sonar it opens my "default" template.