[chimera-dev] Coloring

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Hajeung,
To color all carbons green the command would simply be

color green,a C

whereas "byatom" means to use the built-in element coloring scheme, not a specific color

<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/colortables.html#byelement>
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/color.html>

and @ means atom name, not element, so "@C" would only get the atoms named C (not CA,CB, etc.).

General user questions should probably go to chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu (chimera-dev is for development/programming questions).   I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. 
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco



On Dec 19, 2010, at 5:36 AM, Hajeung Park wrote:

> Hello, I want to color “C” to a certain color. The manual is not very clear bout it.
> My understanding is
> 
> Color green byatom ,a @C
> 
> But it give me error.
> 
> Thanks.