Coloring Atoms Using Maestro Commands

Maestro commands can be used to apply atom colors, by typing them in the Commands text box in the main window (Command Input Area). To apply atom colors, you can use one of the following commands:

coloratomrgb red=int green=int blue=int ASL-expression
coloratom { color=colorname | cindex=colorindx } ASL-expression/

You can specify the color as an RGB color with integers from 0 to 255 for each of the color components in the first command, or you can use a color palette of 256 colors, which are represented either by an index or a name in the second command.

Examples:
To color atom 22 red: coloratomrgb red=255 green=0 blue=0 atom. 22
To color residue 14 green: coloratom color=green res. 14
To color residue 14 with the color at color index 5: coloratom cindex=5 res. 14

To apply a color scheme to atoms, use the command:

colorscheme scheme=scheme-name asl-expression

where scheme-name is the short name listed in the scheme.res resource file. These names are given below with the long name as it appears in Maestro.

bfactor Atom PDB B Factor (Temperature Factor)
acharge Atom Partial Charge
mmatype Atom Type (MacroModel)
chain Chain Name
densityfit Density Fit
element Element
element_light_carbons Element (Light Carbons)
element_customc_black Element (Black Carbons)
element_customc_gray Element (Gray Carbons)
element_customc_darkblue Element (Dark Blue Carbons)
element_customc_blue Element (Blue Carbons)
element_customc_aquamarine Element (Aquamarine Carbons)
element_customc_turquoise Element (Turquoise Carbons)
element_customc_springgreen_carbons Element (Spring Green Carbons)
element_customc_darkgreen Element (Dark Green Carbons)
element_customc_green Element (Green Carbons)
element_customc_limegreen Element (Lime Green Carbons)
element_customc_yellowgreen Element (Yellow Green Carbons)
element_customc_yellow Element (Yellow Carbons)
element_customc_orange Element (Orange Carbons)
element_customc_maroon Element (Maroon Carbons)
element_customc_red Element (Red Carbons)
element_customc_pink Element (Pink Carbons)
element_customc_plum Element (Plum Carbons)
element_customc_purple Element (Purple Carbons)
element_customc_bluepurple Element (Blue Purple Carbons)
element_customc_white Element (White Carbons)
element_customl_black Element (Black Ligand)
element_customl_gray Element (Gray Ligand)
element_customl_darkblue Element (Dark Blue Ligand)
element_customl_blue Element (Blue Ligand)
element_customl_aquamarine Element (Aquamarine Ligand)
element_customl_turquoise Element (Turquoise Ligand)
element_customl_springgreen_carbons Element (Spring Green Ligand)
element_customl_darkgreen Element (Dark Green Ligand)
element_customl_green Element (Green Ligand)
element_customl_limegreen Element (Lime Green Ligand)
element_customl_yellowgreen Element (Yellow Green Ligand)
element_customl_yellow Element (Yellow Ligand)
element_customl_orange Element (Orange Ligand)
element_customl_maroon Element (Maroon Ligand)
element_customl_red Element (Red Ligand)
element_customl_pink Element (Pink Ligand)
element_customl_plum Element (Plum Ligand)
element_customl_purple Element (Purple Ligand)
element_customl_bluepurple Element (Blue Purple Ligand)
element_customl_white Element (White Ligand)
entrycarbon Element (Entry Carbons)
element_chain Element (Chain Name Carbons)
clmolcarbon Element (Molecule Number Carbons)
entry Entry
reshyd_litangwingreen Hydrophobicity - Li-Tang-Wingreen
reshyd_kytedoolittle Hydrophobicity - Kyte-Doolittle
reshyd_blackmould Hydrophobicity - Black-Mould
clmol Molecule Number
clmolsize Molecule Size
pdbconversion PDB Conversion Status
reschg Residue Charge
resprop Residue Property
respos Residue Position
restype Residue Type
spectrumrestype Residue Type (spectrum)
secstruct Secondary Structure

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Last updated: 18 Jun 2014