The shaded relief and color relief map have been combined into one map type. A shaded relief is now referred to as a color relief (reflectance) map and can be created using the steps below:

1. Click Home | New Map | Color Relief (or Home | Add to Map | Layer | Color Relief). 
2. In the Contents, select the Color Relief layer. 
3. On the General tab in the Properties, click the field next to Terrain representation and change it to Reflectance. 

 Color relief (reflectance) map and Properties.

The colors on a color relief (reflectance) are based on the reflectance from the grid surface (this is true for a shaded relief map in previous versions). Reflectance values range from 0 to 1. A reflectance value of 0 means that no light is reflected toward the viewer. A reflectance value of 1 means that all incident light is reflected toward the viewer.

The colors on the map do not represent slope, they represent reflectance. These maps use colors to indicate the local orientation of the surface relative to a user-defined light source direction. Surfer determines the orientation of each grid cell and calculates reflectance of a point light source on the grid surface. The light source can be thought of as the sun shining on a topographic surface. Portions of the surface that face away from the light source reflects less light toward the viewer, and thus appear darker. If you move the light source, you can see that the colors will completely change on the map.

If you like the shaded quality of the black to white (gray shaded) color relief (reflectance) map, but wish to apply colors and have the colors represent the Z values in the grid, change the Terrain representation to Hill shaded or Color only. 

Updated November 2, 2021