Am Freitag 06 September 2013, 09:53:30 schrieb Ansa211:
> I don't know how to force \usecolorheme{structure} to use these named
> colours. I tried inserting \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color} in the
> preamble, but then I get an "Option clash for package color" warning.
Beamer loads xcolor internally, so you need to pass xcolor options to beamer:
\documentclass[hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false},dvipsnames]{beamer}
\usecolortheme{whale}
\usecolortheme[named=BrickRed]{structure}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{title}
normal
\alert{alerted}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
HTH
Jürgen