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From: Dudo (dudomail_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 03 2012 - 09:07:56 CDT

well, i'm not sure if we see the problem the same way,
but it appears to me you do recognize more than 33 different colors by
naked eye in one picture? do you?

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Nate Hurley <natech_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on a script that displays both drawn objects and isosurfaces
> of molecules. I can color the drawn objects with colors within the color
> scale, but it seems that if I want to change the colors of the isosurfaces,
> I can only set the ColorID to a value in the range 0-32.
>
> For example:
> color scale method RGB
> graphics top color 1024
> graphics top sphere {0 0 0}
> graphics top color 33
> graphics top sphere {0 0 1}
>
> Draws a blue sphere, and then a red sphere. However, once I have drawn my
> Isosurface, typing
> mol modcolor 0 top ColorID 1024
> only sets the color to 32 (orange3).
>
> Is there a way to access the color scale when coloring my Isosurface?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> -Nate Hurley
>
>
> 

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