How to Change the "Add Marker" color?

 In th navigation bar at the top select Premiere > Keyboard Shortcuts then in the search bar type "add marker" and you'll see all the different marker color options. From there just drag and drop the key you want to assign the marker to, could be  the default "M" key for marker and so all your markers will now be the color you assigned instead of the default green. Saves you time. Hope that helps

Hi, Spencer! Found the answer here: https://larryjordan.com/articles/premiere-pro-2020-two-new-features/

Simply go to "Keyboard Shortcuts" and add keys for whatever color markers you'd like! For example, to change default marker color from green to blue, simply make the "Add Blue Marker" option to the "M" key. 

Hi, I had the same problem, but I think I've found a good simple work around in cc2020.. I simply changed the 'add marker' key (N in my case) to 'add marker' in the keyboard shortcut window. Hope that would help 🙂

Been having this same problem on a project recently - 2020 Premiere Pro so they've clearly not changed it - or I'm missing something.

Something I have found is that you can set other keys to 'add blue marker' 'add white marker' etc. so have selected a bunch of shift key commands for each colour so I can roll through my edits and add different types of markers (i.e. white for chapters; blue for things I like; red for things I don't etc.)

Solution A:

The best way I found is to change what TYPE of marker I'm adding. For example, instead of adding a comment marker (army green), I add a chapter marker (red). I do this by changing the keyboard shortcut of M from comment marker to chapter marker.

Downside:

Comments on Chapter Markers won't appear in the Markers' panel. Names will appear, but the comment section will appear blank until you open the marker dialogue.

Solution B:

Step1) Setup keyboard shortcut for Set Marker Color 2 (red). I use Control+2. You can assign keyboard shortcuts by going to the drop down menu Premier Pro CC at the top of your screen.

Step 2) Using the original marker default of M (Comment Marker), set each marker (army green) until you are done setting markers. At this point, all your markers will be army green.

Step 3) Change all green markers to red: A) Holding the Command button on your keyboard, use your mouse to individually select each marker in the Markers' panel [Command+A does not work]. B) After you have selected all the markers you want to change, use the keyboard shortcut you assigned in Step 1 to change all markers to the assigned color.

Downside:

It's a bit labor intensive and slow. And you still have to look at that ugly army green until you change the color.

Let's see how far up the food chain we can take the request.https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/34110586-add-colored-markers-to-clips-and-not-o…

atxspencer  wrote Hey Everyone, Here's what I'm looking for. The Add Marker shortcut places a green marker on the clip. I want this green marker to be RED, or WHITE, something more noticeable. I went to the keyboard shortcuts and found "Set marker color", this is great, however when i attempt to apply the marker to the clip it will only mark the top of the timeline this doesn't really do any good. Summary: I want to add a red marker to a video clip without stopping playback.

If a clip in a timeline is selected when you press M or the assigned add marker key, the marker will be added to the clip itself. If no clip is selected for the active timeline (active sequence) when you press M (or assigned add marker key), the marker will be added to the timeline (i.e., the sequence you are editing). This is to differentiate between clip markers and sequence markers (that show in the timeline).

In either case, if you press M (or assigned key) once, it will add the marker with the default color (green on my system). If you press M twice (double press), a box will pop up and you can enter all sorts of goodies such as text, description etc., and select a color of your choice. You can also right-click on an existing marker and choose to Edit that info. As well, if you use the previous/next marker keys to select an existing marker, or simply get the timeline pointer on an existing marker some other way, and press M, it will open that Edit box and you can change the color or description etc.

After you have added a bunch of markers, there is a Markers window that shows all markers. I'm just starting to appreciate markers more than before... didn't use them much before but for brief bookmarks. Now I'm starting to learn more about how to truly organize and find things with them... hence my newfound knowledge above that I'm passing on.

Hope that's what you were looking for... Cheers.