Choose the ‘Options’ menu in the Attribute Editor, then select ‘Highlight colour’.
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Choose the desired colour from the palette.

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Highlighted attributes are now shown with the new default highlight colour.

 

Note: You can also set a different colour for specific attributes, instead of the default colour.

For more information see the Help topic: Setting the highlight colour for a specific attribute.