Chimera Built-in Colors
Chimera includes many named colors:
There is some overlap; for example, the names
white and
H refer to the same color.
The element symbols can be used just like any other color names.
Additional colors can be created and named with the command
colordef,
or created interactively and saved to a palette with the
Color Editor.
Color names are used in coloring commands
(color,
modelcolor,
rangecolor, etc.)
and can be entered directly into the
Color Editor.
In built-in color names,
gray and grey can be used interchangeably.
Element Colors
These are the same as the
Jmol element colors.
Mousing over an entry shows the corresponding
Tk color code.
The element colors are used in coloring by element or by heteroatom (with
unknowns colored magenta),
but the element symbols can also be used in commands
just like any other color names:
[Top 20]
[All 60]
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H
2
He
3
Li
4
Be
5
B
6
C
7
N
8
O
9
F
10
Ne
11
Na
12
Mg
13
Al
14
Si
15
P
16
S
17
Cl
18
Ar
19
K
20
Ca
21
Sc
22
Ti
23
V
24
Cr
25
Mn
26
Fe
27
Co
28
Ni
29
Cu
30
Zn
31
Ga
32
Ge
33
As
34
Se
35
Br
36
Kr
37
Rb
38
Sr
39
Y
40
Zr
41
Nb
42
Mo
43
Tc
44
Ru
45
Rh
46
Pd
47
Ag
48
Cd
49
In
50
Sn
51
Sb
52
Te
53
I
54
Xe
55
Cs
56
Ba
(L)
72
Hf
73
Ta
74
W
75
Re
76
Os
77
Ir
78
Pt
79
Au
80
Hg
81
Tl
82
Pb
83
Bi
84
Po
85
At
86
Rn
87
Fr
88
Ra
(A)
104
Rf
105
Db
106
Sg
107
Bh
108
Hs
109
Mt
L:
57
La
58
Ce
59
Pr
60
Nd
61
Pm
62
Sm
63
Eu
64
Gd
65
Tb
66
Dy
67
Ho
68
Er
69
Tm
70
Yb
71
Lu
A:
89
Ac
90
Th
91
Pa
92
U
93
Np
94
Pu
95
Am
96
Cm
97
Bk
98
Cf
99
Es
100
Fm
101
Md
102
No
103
Lr
Top 20 Colors
Twenty frequently used colors are available under
Actions... Color in the menu.
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[Element Colors]
red #ff0000
orange red #ff4500
orange #ff7f00
yellow #ffff00
green #00ff00
forest green #228b22
cyan #00ffff
light sea green #20b2aa
blue #0000ff
cornflower blue #6495ed
medium blue #3232cd
purple #a020f0
hot pink #ff69b4
magenta #ff00ff
white #ffffff
black #000000
All 60 Colors
Sixty named colors are available in the
Color Actions dialog.
These are a subset of X colors,
except that orange and medium blue are as defined in the
HTML colors list.
[Top 20]
[Element Colors]
tan #d2b48c
sienna #a0522d
brown #a52a2a
dark red #8b0000
firebrick #b22222
salmon #fa8072
red #ff0000
coral #ff7f50
sandy brown #f4a460
orange red #ff4500
orange #ff7f00
goldenrod #daa520
gold #ffd700
yellow #ffff00
khaki #f0e68c
dark khaki #bdb76b
dark olive green #556b2f
olive drab #6b8e23
chartreuse #7fff00
green #00ff00
dark green #006400
forest green #228b22
lime green #32cd32
light green #90ee90
sea green #2e8b57
spring green #00ff7f
dark cyan #008b8b
light sea green #20b2aa
turquoise #40e0d0
aquamarine #7fffd4
cyan #00ffff
deep sky blue #00bfff
dodger blue #1e90ff
steel blue #4682b4
sky blue #87ceeb
light blue #add8e6
blue #0000ff
medium blue #3232cd
cornflower blue #6495ed
navy blue #000080
dark slate blue #483d8b
medium purple #9370db
purple #a020f0
plum #dda0dd
orchid #da70d6
magenta #ff00ff
dark magenta #8b008b
violet red #d02090
hot pink #ff69b4
pink #ffc0cb
deep pink #ff1493
rosy brown #bc8f8f
white #ffffff
black #000000
UCSF Computer Graphics Laboratory / January 2010