Forgot to mention, you can also specify the current selection as "sel" in commands. Example: color sel gold target a Elaine
On Aug 29, 2025, at 9:24 AM, Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hello Vojo, Of course you can color different parts different colors.
If you are choosing parts by selection: The Actions menu works on the current selection, so you could then use menu: Actions... Color...[choose which color].
You can also specify the parts to color in the "color" command, and you can limit whether it applies to atoms, ribbons, and/or surface with the "target" option. Examples:
color /A:10-130 hot pink color /B:12-49 dark sea green target r
See color command: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/color.html#simple>
See specifying chains, residues, etc. in the command line: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/atomspec.html>
See also color names: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/colornames.html>
You can save your work as a ChimeraX session, and you can also save image files. See <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/save.html>
You may want to try some tutorials to become more familiar with the program: <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/tutorials.html>
I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Aug 29, 2025, at 6:24 AM, Vojo P Deretic via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi How to color different domains in a structure in ChineraX. I tried selecting residues on the sequence and can get an outline over the selection but how do I color different regions and keep all of them differently colored plus save the work? Thanks
Sent from my iPhone with lots of typos and autocorrect nonsense - my apologies...
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