[chimerax-users] Custom Palette

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Abhilash,
There isn't a way to create a custom palette with a name for that palette, but effectively yes, you can directly specify a series of any colors that you want as the palette in commands with a "palette" option (color byattribute, rainbow, mlp, coulombic, probably others).  For example:

rainbow palette cornflowerblue:red:gold:white

...where that example uses color names, but you could also use hex codes, etc. as detailed in the link below on how to specify colors.

How to specify palettes in such commands
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/color.html#palette-options>

How to specify colors: names, hex codes, etc.
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/colornames.html>

You can also create custom color names with the "color name" command:
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/color.html#name>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Mar 25, 2021, at 5:24 PM, Abhilash Padvannil <apadavannil at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> I am wondering if there is a way to create custom palettes for use in ChimeraX. 
> Please suggest. 
> Thanks
> Regards
> Abhilash.
>