Color Values

Background

• Naming
  • All listed colours can be specified by name (eg color red, mymolecule)
  • American and English spellings of gray/grey and color/colour can be used
• Sources
  • Pymol colours are specified as triples of independent Red, Green and Blue contribution in range 0-1.0
  • Colour specs from source files Color.c, menu.py and appearance.py of Pymol 0.99 beta29
  • Colour names can be defined/redefined using set_color command or interactively in Colors item within Setting menu

Spectral range colours

Spectral ranges are available by name including numerical value (eg grey56, s532)

• Grays from 'gray00' to 'gray99' (white to black)
• Spectrum from 's000' to 's999' (violet to red)
• Original spectrum with extra blue and red at ends from 'o000' to 'o999'
• Reversed offset spectrum from 'r000' to 'r999'
• Complementary spectrum from 'c000' to 'c999'
• Complementary spectrum separated by white from 'w000' to 'w999'

See Colour.c in source code for details about how spectra are calculated

Color by Element/Atom

See: Color by Atom

Simple named colours

	name	R	G	B	note
	aquamarine	0.5	1.0	1.0
	black	0.0	0.0	0.0
	blue	0.0	0.0	1.0
	bluewhite	0.85	0.85	1.00
	br0	0.1	0.1	1.0
	br1	0.2	0.1	0.9
	br2	0.3	0.1	0.8
	br3	0.4	0.1	0.7
	br4	0.5	0.1	0.6
	br5	0.6	0.1	0.5
	br6	0.7	0.1	0.4
	br7	0.8	0.1	0.3
	br8	0.9	0.1	0.2
	br9	1.0	0.1	0.1
	brightorange	1.0	0.7	0.2
	brown	0.65	0.32	0.17
	carbon	0.2	1.0	0.2
	chartreuse	0.5	1.0	0.0
	chocolate	0.555	0.222	0.111
	cyan	0.0	1.0	1.0
	darksalmon	0.73	0.55	0.52
	dash	1.0	1.0	0.0
	deepblue	0.25	0.25	0.65	deep
	deepolive	0.6	0.6	0.1
	deeppurple	0.6	0.1	0.6
	deepsalmon	1.0	0.5	0.5	duplicated?
	deepsalmon	1.00	0.42	0.42	duplicated?
	deepteal	0.1	0.6	0.6
	density	0.1	0.1	0.6
	dirtyviolet	0.70	0.50	0.50
	firebrick	0.698	0.13	0.13
	forest	0.2	0.6	0.2
	gray	0.5	0.5	0.5	american spelling
	green	0.0	1.0	0.0
	greencyan	0.25	1.00	0.75
	grey	0.5	0.5	0.5	english spelling
	hotpink	1.0	0.0	0.5
	hydrogen	0.9	0.9	0.9
	lightblue	0.75	0.75	1.0
	lightmagenta	1.0	0.2	0.8
	lightorange	1.0	0.8	0.5
	lightpink	1.00	0.75	0.87
	lightteal	0.4	0.7	0.7
	lime	0.5	1.0	0.5
	limegreen	0.0	1.0	0.5
	limon	0.75	1.00	0.25
	magenta	1.0	0.0	1.0
	marine	0.0	0.5	1.0
	nitrogen	0.2	0.2	1.0
	olive	0.77	0.70	0.00
	orange	1.0	0.5	0.0
	oxygen	1.0	0.3	0.3
	palecyan	0.8	1.0	1.0
	palegreen	0.65	0.9	0.65
	paleyellow	1.0	1.0	0.5
	pink	1.0	0.65	0.85
	purple	0.75	0.00	0.75
	purpleblue	0.5	0.0	1.0	legacy name
	raspberry	0.70	0.30	0.40
	red	1.0	0.0	0.0
	ruby	0.6	0.2	0.2
	salmon	1.0	0.6	0.6	was 0.5
	sand	0.72	0.55	0.30
	skyblue	0.20	0.50	0.80
	slate	0.5	0.5	1.0
	smudge	0.55	0.70	0.40
	splitpea	0.52	0.75	0.00
	sulfur	0.9	0.775	0.25	far enough from yellow
	teal	0.00	0.75	0.75
	tv_blue	0.3	0.3	1.0
	tv_green	0.2	1.0	0.2
	tv_orange	1.0	0.55	0.15
	tv_red	1.0	0.2	0.2
	tv_yellow	1.0	1.0	0.2
	violet	1.0	0.5	1.0
	violetpurple	0.55	0.25	0.60
	warmpink	0.85	0.20	0.50
	wheat	0.99	0.82	0.65
	white	1.0	1.0	1.0
	yellow	1.0	1.0	0.0
	yelloworange	1.0	0.87	0.37

Chemical element colours

	name	R	G	B	note
	actinium	0.439215686	0.670588235	0.980392157
	aluminum	0.749019608	0.650980392	0.650980392
	americium	0.329411765	0.360784314	0.949019608
	antimony	0.619607843	0.388235294	0.709803922
	argon	0.501960784	0.819607843	0.890196078
	arsenic	0.741176471	0.501960784	0.890196078
	astatine	0.458823529	0.309803922	0.270588235
	barium	0.000000000	0.788235294	0.000000000
	berkelium	0.541176471	0.309803922	0.890196078
	beryllium	0.760784314	1.000000000	0.000000000
	bismuth	0.619607843	0.309803922	0.709803922
	bohrium	0.878431373	0.000000000	0.219607843
	boron	1.000000000	0.709803922	0.709803922
	bromine	0.650980392	0.160784314	0.160784314
	cadmium	1.000000000	0.850980392	0.560784314
	calcium	0.239215686	1.000000000	0.000000000
	californium	0.631372549	0.211764706	0.831372549
	cerium	1.000000000	1.000000000	0.780392157
	cesium	0.341176471	0.090196078	0.560784314
	chlorine	0.121568627	0.941176471	0.121568627
	chromium	0.541176471	0.600000000	0.780392157
	cobalt	0.941176471	0.564705882	0.627450980
	copper	0.784313725	0.501960784	0.200000000
	curium	0.470588235	0.360784314	0.890196078
	deuterium	0.9	0.9	0.9
	dubnium	0.819607843	0.000000000	0.309803922
	dysprosium	0.121568627	1.000000000	0.780392157
	einsteinium	0.701960784	0.121568627	0.831372549
	erbium	0.000000000	0.901960784	0.458823529
	europium	0.380392157	1.000000000	0.780392157
	fermium	0.701960784	0.121568627	0.729411765
	fluorine	0.701960784	1.000000000	1.000000000
	francium	0.258823529	0.000000000	0.400000000
	gadolinium	0.270588235	1.000000000	0.780392157
	gallium	0.760784314	0.560784314	0.560784314
	germanium	0.400000000	0.560784314	0.560784314
	gold	1.000000000	0.819607843	0.137254902
	hafnium	0.301960784	0.760784314	1.000000000
	hassium	0.901960784	0.000000000	0.180392157
	helium	0.850980392	1.000000000	1.000000000
	holmium	0.000000000	1.000000000	0.611764706
	indium	0.650980392	0.458823529	0.450980392
	iodine	0.580392157	0.000000000	0.580392157
	iridium	0.090196078	0.329411765	0.529411765
	iron	0.878431373	0.400000000	0.200000000
	krypton	0.360784314	0.721568627	0.819607843
	lanthanum	0.439215686	0.831372549	1.000000000
	lawrencium	0.780392157	0.000000000	0.400000000
	lead	0.341176471	0.349019608	0.380392157
	lithium	0.800000000	0.501960784	1.000000000
	lutetium	0.000000000	0.670588235	0.141176471
	magnesium	0.541176471	1.000000000	0.000000000
	manganese	0.611764706	0.478431373	0.780392157
	meitnerium	0.921568627	0.000000000	0.149019608
	mendelevium	0.701960784	0.050980392	0.650980392
	mercury	0.721568627	0.721568627	0.815686275
	molybdenum	0.329411765	0.709803922	0.709803922
	neodymium	0.780392157	1.000000000	0.780392157
	neon	0.701960784	0.890196078	0.960784314
	neptunium	0.000000000	0.501960784	1.000000000
	nickel	0.313725490	0.815686275	0.313725490
	niobium	0.450980392	0.760784314	0.788235294
	nobelium	0.741176471	0.050980392	0.529411765
	osmium	0.149019608	0.400000000	0.588235294
	palladium	0.000000000	0.411764706	0.521568627
	phosphorus	1.000000000	0.501960784	0.000000000
	platinum	0.815686275	0.815686275	0.878431373
	plutonium	0.000000000	0.419607843	1.000000000
	polonium	0.670588235	0.360784314	0.000000000
	potassium	0.560784314	0.250980392	0.831372549
	praseodymium	0.850980392	1.000000000	0.780392157
	promethium	0.639215686	1.000000000	0.780392157
	protactinium	0.000000000	0.631372549	1.000000000
	radium	0.000000000	0.490196078	0.000000000
	radon	0.258823529	0.509803922	0.588235294
	rhenium	0.149019608	0.490196078	0.670588235
	rhodium	0.039215686	0.490196078	0.549019608
	rubidium	0.439215686	0.180392157	0.690196078
	ruthenium	0.141176471	0.560784314	0.560784314
	rutherfordium	0.800000000	0.000000000	0.349019608
	samarium	0.560784314	1.000000000	0.780392157
	scandium	0.901960784	0.901960784	0.901960784
	seaborgium	0.850980392	0.000000000	0.270588235
	selenium	1.000000000	0.631372549	0.000000000
	silicon	0.941176471	0.784313725	0.627450980
	silver	0.752941176	0.752941176	0.752941176
	sodium	0.670588235	0.360784314	0.949019608
	strontium	0.000000000	1.000000000	0.000000000
	tantalum	0.301960784	0.650980392	1.000000000
	technetium	0.231372549	0.619607843	0.619607843
	tellurium	0.831372549	0.478431373	0.000000000
	terbium	0.188235294	1.000000000	0.780392157
	thallium	0.650980392	0.329411765	0.301960784
	thorium	0.000000000	0.729411765	1.000000000
	thulium	0.000000000	0.831372549	0.321568627
	tin	0.400000000	0.501960784	0.501960784
	titanium	0.749019608	0.760784314	0.780392157
	tungsten	0.129411765	0.580392157	0.839215686
	uranium	0.000000000	0.560784314	1.000000000
	vanadium	0.650980392	0.650980392	0.670588235
	xenon	0.258823529	0.619607843	0.690196078
	ytterbium	0.000000000	0.749019608	0.219607843
	yttrium	0.580392157	1.000000000	1.000000000
	zinc	0.490196078	0.501960784	0.690196078
	zirconium	0.580392157	0.878431373	0.878431373

Interactive menu colours

Accessible from Colour submenu of objects

reds

	name	R	G	B
	red	1.0	0.0	0.0
	tv_red	1.0	0.2	0.2
	raspberry	0.70	0.30	0.40
	darksalmon	0.73	0.55	0.52
	salmon	1.0	0.6	0.6
	deepsalmon	1.00	0.42	0.42
	warmpink	0.85	0.20	0.50
	firebrick	0.698	0.13	0.13
	ruby	0.6	0.2	0.2
	chocolate	0.555	0.222	0.111
	brown	0.65	0.32	0.17

greens

	name	R	G	B
	green	0.0	1.0	0.0
	tv_green	0.2	1.0	0.2
	chartreuse	0.5	1.0	0.0
	splitpea	0.52	0.75	0.00
	smudge	0.55	0.70	0.40
	palegreen	0.65	0.9	0.65
	limegreen	0.0	1.0	0.5
	lime	0.5	1.0	0.5
	limon	0.75	1.00	0.25
	forest	0.2	0.6	0.2

blues

	name	R	G	B
	blue	0.0	0.0	1.0
	tv_blue	0.3	0.3	1.0
	marine	0.0	0.5	1.0
	slate	0.5	0.5	1.0
	lightblue	0.75	0.75	1.0
	skyblue	0.20	0.50	0.80
	purpleblue	0.5	0.0	1.0
	deepblue	0.25	0.25	0.65
	density	0.1	0.1	0.6

yellows

	name	R	G	B
	yellow	1.0	1.0	0.0
	tv_yellow	1.0	1.0	0.2
	paleyellow	1.0	1.0	0.5
	yelloworange	1.0	0.87	0.37
	limon	0.75	1.00	0.25
	wheat	0.99	0.82	0.65
	sand	0.72	0.55	0.30

magentas

	name	R	G	B
	magenta	1.0	0.0	1.0
	lightmagenta	1.0	0.2	0.8
	hotpink	1.0	0.0	0.5
	pink	1.0	0.65	0.85
	lightpink	1.00	0.75	0.87
	dirtyviolet	0.70	0.50	0.50
	violet	1.0	0.5	1.0
	violetpurple	0.55	0.25	0.60
	purple	0.75	0.00	0.75
	deeppurple	0.6	0.1	0.6

cyans

	name	R	G	B
	cyan	0.0	1.0	1.0
	palecyan	0.8	1.0	1.0
	aquamarine	0.5	1.0	1.0
	greencyan	0.25	1.00	0.75
	teal	0.00	0.75	0.75
	deepteal	0.1	0.6	0.6
	lightteal	0.4	0.7	0.7

oranges

	name	R	G	B
	orange	1.0	0.5	0.0
	tv_orange	1.0	0.55	0.15
	brightorange	1.0	0.7	0.2
	lightorange	1.0	0.8	0.5
	yelloworange	1.0	0.87	0.37
	olive	0.77	0.70	0.00
	deepolive	0.6	0.6	0.1

tints

	name	R	G	B
	wheat	0.99	0.82	0.65
	palegreen	0.65	0.9	0.65
	lightblue	0.75	0.75	1.0
	paleyellow	1.0	1.0	0.5
	lightpink	1.00	0.75	0.87
	palecyan	0.8	1.0	1.0
	lightorange	1.0	0.8	0.5
	bluewhite	0.85	0.85	1.00

grays

	name	R	G	B
	white	1.0	1.0	1.0
	grey90	0.9	0.9	0.9
	grey80	0.8	0.8	0.8
	grey70	0.7	0.7	0.7
	grey60	0.6	0.6	0.6
	grey50	0.5	0.5	0.5
	grey40	0.4	0.4	0.4
	grey30	0.3	0.3	0.3
	grey20	0.2	0.2	0.2
	grey10	0.1	0.1	0.1
	black	0.0	0.0	0.0

Secondary structure colour schemes

Accessible from 'by ss' section within Colour submenu of object

helix	sheet	loop
red	yellow	green
cyan	magenta	salmon

Carbon colour schemes

• Accessible from 'by element' section within Colour submenu of object
• Only carbon colour is affected, other elements are set to their default element colour
• Separated into five sets:
  • main set

	name
	(carbon not changed)
	carbon
	cyan
	lightmagenta
	yellow
	salmon
	hydrogen
	slate
	orange

• • set2

	name
	lime
	deepteal
	hotpink
	yelloworange
	violetpurple
	grey70
	marine
	olive

• • set3

	name
	smudge
	teal
	dirtyviolet
	wheat
	deepsalmon
	lightpink
	aquamarine
	paleyellow

• • set4

	name
	limegreen
	skyblue
	warmpink
	limon
	violet
	bluewhite
	greencyan
	sand

• • set 5

	name
	forest
	lightteal
	darksalmon
	splitpea
	raspberry
	grey50
	deepblue
	brown