Hi Tom, This works, thanks. Although it seems to be a bit of a roundabout way of going about this ... :-/ Cheers Markus From: Tom Goddard [mailto:goddard@sonic.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:11 PM To: Markus Heller Cc: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] Carbon color of 1 chain Hi Markus, How about Chimera commands color byelement ~color element.C The first line colors the carbons gray, and the second says to unset their color, which makes them default to the color set for each molecule. Tom On May 14, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Markus Heller <mheller@cdrd.ca<mailto:mheller@cdrd.ca>> wrote: Hello, I don't seem to be able to figure out how to color a scene by element, but with different carbon colors for different chains. I can't figure out how to get an expression like "color green, chain C C" Or something like that ... How to go about this? Thanks and Cheers Markus -- Markus Heller, Ph.D. NMR Scientist CDRD - The Centre for Drug Research and Development 2405 Wesbrook Mall, Fourth Floor | Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 | Main: (604) 827-1147 Direct: (604) 827-1122 | F: (604) 827-1299 | E: mheller@cdrd.ca<mailto:kessabar@cdrd.ca> | www.cdrd.ca<x-msg://116/www.cdrd.ca> _______________________________________________ Chimera-users mailing list Chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu<mailto:Chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users