Amino/Shapely Colors

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	`[187,187,193]`	EBEBEB
LEU, VAL, ILE	green	`[15,130,15]`	0F820F
ALA	dark grey	`[147,147,147]`	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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