From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 30 2018 - 22:07:41 CDT

Yup, that's also how plugins like the "color scale bar" tool do what they do...

Best,
 John

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 01:06:49PM +0000, Vermaas, Joshua wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Yes, albeit indirectly. If you look at the "graphics" docs, you specify
> colors based on ID, which can be most easily understood by the 32 (?)
> colorids you see normally. However, colorids > 32 are also allowed, and
> map onto the 1024 color colormap that the user field maps onto.
>
> -Josh
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> On 2018-04-30 04:20:19-06:00 owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I couldn't find an answer in the mailing list or at the graphics help
> page.
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> Could I use the coloring method from the user field as a color selection
> for a graphic object like a tube or arrow?
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> Sincerely
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>
> Daniel Möller
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