Apply color by face

[nextvkin]

I'm trying to apply color to faces by using the solidedit/color faces command, but after selecting the face the select color dialog box doesn't pop up, just options on the command line. Can anyone help? Thanks.

[ccowgill]

I'm trying to apply color to faces by using the solidedit/color faces command, but after selecting the face the select color dialog box doesn't pop up, just options on the command line. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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[nextvkin]

Thanks ccowgill, basic stuff but I didn't think of it!