(each one different) and also colors differentially the 6 kinds 'shapely' uses a different set of colors for amino acids Some colors are shared by two or more amino acids with similar properties. (as well as Asx and Glx) in a certain color,Īlong with one additional color for anything else (including nucleotides, solvents, and non-amino ligands). 'amino' renders each of the 20 standard amino acid residues Related commands: color amino, color shapely (or later) only differences with classic CPK are shown.īut has been omitted for clarity in the table. Hover over any element to see more information.Ĭlick on an element to move to the same information in the Atomic Numbers table below.ĭefault element colors, by atomic number: “CPKnew” scheme applies only to Rasmol v. Default element colors, by periodic table: are rendered in the color of alpha carbons for proteins, phosphorus for nucleic acids. Backbone displays such as ribbons, cartoons, etc. Atoms ('CPK' colors, default element colors)Ĭolor cpk, set defaultColors Jmol, set defaultColors RasmolĪpplies color to each atom of the object according to element, as shown in the tables below. Many of the following coloring patterns apply only to PDB and mmCIF files for biomacromolecules. Information on RasMol colors is included for those who are adapting RasMol and Chime-based materials for use in Jmol. if the object is omitted, atoms is assumed.can be atoms, bonds, backbone, cartoon, stars, rockets, ribbon, dots, label, echo, hbonds, ssbonds, axes, boundbox, measures, polyhedra, isosurface, pmesh, unitcell.is specified using pre-defined terms detailed on this page.(For the default colors and color values used in Jmol, see tables below.) It can also be a JavaScript color name, a RasMol color name, or a Jmol color name. is specified as decimal or hexadecimal triplets.Objects can be custom colored in Jmol using the color (or colour) command: Atoms ('CPK' colors, default element colors).

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