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Amino/Shapely Colors

The RasMol amino color scheme colors amino acids according to traditional amino acid properties. The purpose of coloring is to identify amino acids in an unusual or surprising environment. The outer parts of a protein that are polar are visible (bright) colors and non-polar residues darker. Most colors are hallowed by tradition. This color scheme is similar to the Shapely scheme that is available under the RasMol Colours menu. The nucleosides are also colored differently in this scheme, as shown in the second table.

Shapely Color Table for Amino Acids
Amino Acids Color Name RGB Values Hexadecimal
ASP, GLU bright red [230,10,10] E60A0A
CYS, MET yellow [230,230,0] E6E600
LYS, ARG blue [20,90,255] 145AFF
SER, THR orange [250,150,0] FA9600
PHE, TYR mid blue [50,50,170] 3232AA
ASN, GLN cyan [0,220,220] 00DCDC
GLY light grey [235,235,235] EBEBEB
LEU, VAL, ILE green [15,130,15] 0F820F
ALA dark grey [200,200,200] C8C8C8
TRP pink [180,90,180] B45AB4
HIS pale blue [130,130,210] 8282D2
PRO flesh [220,150,130] DC9682

 

Shapely Color Table for Nucleosides in DNA & RNA
Nucleoside Color Name RGB Values Hexadecimal
Adenosine light blue [160,160,255] A0A0FF
Cytosine orange [255,140,75] FF8C4B
Guanosine light red [255,112,112] FF7070
Thymidine light green [160,255,160] A0FFA0
Uridine dark grey [184,184,184] B8B8B8

The black background in the Amino Acids (or Nucleoside) and Color Name columns corresponds to the "standard" background color in RasMol. Note that the rendering of the hexadecimal-equivalent colors shown here will depend on your browser, monitor type and settings, etc. Thus, they only approximate how RasMol will render the RGB colors on your computer.
These color names are not the ones specified as "Predefined Colors" in RasMol; thus, they can only be specified on the command line as RGB triplets.

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