how to change hitbox colors in gd

In Geometry Dash, you generally can’t directly change hitbox colors in the vanilla game; the colors you see are usually tied to object types, special block states, or editor overlays rather than a custom color setting. The common “hitbox color” examples people mention are red for hazards, blue for solids, light blue for collectibles, green for specials, with some special cases like purple for grip slopes and light blue for passable blocks.

What people usually mean

• Editor visuals: The colored outlines you see are mostly there to help identify collision behavior, not to let you freely pick any color.

• Mods or hacks: Some videos about “hitbox vision” or custom hitbox looks are showing modded tools, not a built-in Geometry Dash option.

• Object states: Certain settings can make a block display a different hitbox color because its behavior changed, like passable or grip slope states.

If you want the look changed

• Use a mod/menu if you are on a platform that supports Geometry Dash mods.
• Check whether the effect you saw was actually a special block state rather than a customizable hitbox color.
• In the editor, experiment with object settings to see how the collision visuals change.

Simple answer

If you mean the normal game, there is no standard “change hitbox colors” setting in GD. If you mean the visual hitbox overlays shown in videos, that usually comes from mods or special editor behavior.

TL;DR: You usually can’t manually recolor hitboxes in vanilla Geometry Dash; the colors are mostly fixed by object type or special states, while custom-looking hitboxes usually come from mods.