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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 28 2021 - 09:22:04 CDT

Hi,
  I'll provide the old Tcl code for some of the Matlab color scales
as an example here. I should also mention that the VMD 1.9.4 builds
provided over the past year include many new high-quality color scales
that are suitable for viewing by colorblind people etc, such as the
popular "viridis" scale, and others.

That being said, you can make any color scale you want with a bit of code,
as you'll see in the attached example.

Best,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:12:57AM -0400, Josh Vermaas wrote:
> Anything is possible with enough scripting. :D It seems like you want 4
> isosurfaces at different contour levels. What is probably the least amount
> of scripting is to make 4 isosurface representations, and color them
> differently based on colorID. If you turn the TkConsole logging feature on
> (File->log to console from the main VMD window), it'll spit back the
> commands you need to change the representations to what you want.
>
> -Josh
>
> On 10/27/21 7:55 AM, anas forum wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
> Is it possible to create a ramp of 4 colors in VMD, like in Pymol
> software (ramp_new ramp, isosurface, [1, 2, 3, 4], [orange, blue,
> aquamarine, magenta]).
> Many thanks in advance
>
> --
> Josh Vermaas
>
> [1]vermaasj_at_msu.edu
> Assistant Professor, Plant Research Laboratory and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
> Michigan State University
> [2]https://prl.natsci.msu.edu/people/faculty/josh-vermaas/
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. mailto:vermaasj_at_msu.edu
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