Greg, To directly specify RGB colors, you can encode them as a hexidecimal string (0xRRGGBB):
color 0xffcc11, chain A However, the advantage of using set_color is that you can change your mind later without having to edit every line in your script where you use the color -- just the one line where it is defined. Cheers, Warren > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg > Williams > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 9:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PyMOL] Coloring subunits > > > > Hi, > > New PyMol user here, clubbing my way up the learning curve. > Say I'm modeling a protein with 8 subunits. I want to show them as > spheres and give each of them a slightly different shade of blue. Do I > have to define by name each of my 8 colors with the set_color command > and then apply my set individually with, for example: color blue1, > chain A. That seems a bit clunky. > > I see that the argument for color is a "string: color name or number" > What is meant by number in this context? > > I've tried color (x, y, z), chain A > > Where x, y and z are 0-255 RGB coordinates, 0-1 PyMol coordinates, > with several syntax variations. I keep getting error messages. > > I must be missing something simple. > > Greg Williams > Department of Chemistry > University of Oregon > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > > >
