> BTW, 'charge' is different from formal charge... and both can co-exist...
> So therefore I would like to add a partialCharge field instead of changing
> the formal charge field into a float...

OK

[snip]

> The covalent radii is indeed depending on the formal charge, but we should
> not start adapting based on the partial charge... another reason to keep
> those separate fields..

OK good.

Then we should change the current method name so that it explicitly says
getFormalCharge ... to make it more clear.

>> The color interpolation should be straightforward. There is currently a
>> table of RGB values in JmolConstants for looking up integer charge
>> values
>> between -4 and +7 inclusive.
>
> CDK partial atom charge colors make the most negative charge red, and the
> most positive blue, neutral white, and everything else an interpolation
> between red and white, or blue and white...

So, do we have two different coloring methods
  color atoms formalCharge
and
  color atoms partialCharge

?


Miguel



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