Colors

From Jmol

Default colors used by Jmol

Several users have asked about a guide to colors used by Jmol by default.

This documentation is now available on Jmol website here. Suggestions are welcome for future improvements, via jmol-users mailing list.

The plan is:

• colors for atoms (by element) --done
• colors for chains --done
• colors for groups / residues --done
• alternative color patterns: Jmol, Rasmol, DRuMS --partly done
• anything else?

Support for isotopes

Common isotopes are recognized by Jmol and colored slightly lighter or darker than the element color:

.........(color code)......(script syntax)

²H => [xFFFFC0] => _2H, D, deuterium

³H => [xFFFFA0] => _3H, T, tritium

¹¹C => [xD8D8D8] => _11C (added on 29 Nov. 2007)

¹³C => [x505050] => _13C

¹⁴C => [x404040] => _14C

¹⁵N => [x105050] => _15N