Hi Eric,
If you spend a little time learning the program you will be able to generalize a bit more.  There are several tutorials.
<https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/tutorials.html>

> On Dec 5, 2024, at 2:57 PM, Eric Martz via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> Consider this:
>
> open 1pgb fromDatabase pdb format mmcif
> style sphere
> show atoms
>
>
> 1. What is the command to hide all water?

hide solvent

- or -

hide :HOH

Almost all commands use "atomspec" which has a lot of options, element (as in your previous question), residue name, category such as "solvent" etc.
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/atomspec.html>

If you don't want to learn commands you can use the menu,

Select... Residues... HOH
Actions... Atoms/Bonds... hide
>
> 2. How do I color charged amino acids, leaving uncharged one a neutral color (such as white)?
>
> I was hoping there was a menu item or command that would do something similar to this:
>
> color all white
> color :lys,arg blue
> color :glu,asp red
> color :his lightblue
>
> without having to type all those commands.

You can make your own presets which are sets of commands that are read from a file.  Then you can just choose your custom entry from the Presets menu.  See the "Startup" section of the preferences.
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/preferences.html#startup>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                     
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco