Questions tagged [color]
{color} is about using color in (La)TeX documents. Popular packages are color and xcolor.
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Latex beamer: get colour used in theme
I would like to reuse colours defined by a beamer theme and the colour theme.
For example, if I use
\usetheme{Berkeley}
\usecolortheme{beetle}
how can I find out what the colour is that is used in ...
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Coloring in a multirow
I am using TexStudio with Bibtex. I want to color a multirow table. While, I have seen some questions put up earlier in this forum about that, however still I am not able to resolve the problem.
The ...
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How do I customize Circuit_macros in listings?
MWE;
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{listings}
\definecolor{Others}{RGB}{0,110,40} % Green
\definecolor{Character}{RGB}{146,76,157} % Purple
\definecolor{Number}{RGB}{176,...
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Transparent row colours in tabularx environment using XeLaTeX
I'm trying to build a table with alternating row colours, with one of the colours slightly transparent. I have the table layout working as intended, however I cannot figure out a way to get the row ...
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\rowcolor not working in latex IEEEtrans
I am trying to colour rows in some tables in a latex IEEEtran article but the colouring does not show at all, and no error is thrown as well.
Here is the snippet of code I used:
\usepackage{array, ...
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Color background for title row in csvsimple
Assume a simple example centered on the csvsimple package.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{csvsimple}
\usepackage{fp}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{filecontents*}{input.csv}
Foo,Bar,Baz,...
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Draw a palette box in LaTeX
Is there a way to build a structure like the following in Latex?
They're probably just boxes, but I have very little experience with Latex and I'm not sure how to get this result.
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A specific format for nice tables
With this code:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools,amssymb}
\usepackage{booktabs, isotope}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\toprule
\textbf{Osservabile} &...
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Change label caption color of a single figure
Is it possible to change the caption color in a single figure without changing the color labels of other figures?
I have used this code Change color of figure caption text but every figure is ...
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About the definition of textcolor
I was curious and found the following definition for the macro textcolor defined in the package xcolor:
\def\textcolor#1#{\@textcolor{#1}}
\def\@textcolor#1#2#3{\protect\leavevmode{\color#1{#2}#3}}
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Longtable - Changing Font Color of Header Row doesnt extend to all cells
I am using longtable package as most of the tables that I use tend to go on for multiple pages. What I want is now that the header row should be filled with blue colour and white text. The remainder ...
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Global variable Array
I have control_array.tex and 10 templateA.tex, templateB.tex, ... TeX files. In control_array.tex:
ArrayName = [Name1,Name2,...Name10]
ArrayColor = [Color1,Color2,...Color10]
With Array in ...
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modify color in latex in overleaf
There is this cv template on overleaf and I am trying to modify the color of the links that the CV has.
If I change from initial (from namesection)
\href{https://www.pgr-me.github.io}{\bf https://...
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miniltx color conflict
I am using Plain TeX for a document that has illustrations and uses colored type. I find that when I load both miniltx and color I get an error message on the console. Looking at the files where the ...
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What does the notation \usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor} mean? Which package arguments into which?
I saw an argument in a file that displayed:
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
I am a bit confused what is getting parsed into which. It seems that the material in [] are usually options for xcolor. ...
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Formatting of C language using listings
Consider the following code segment in C:
int llvm_test_diagnostic_handler(void) {
LLVMContextRef C = LLVMGetGlobalContext();
LLVMContextSetDiagnosticHandler(C, &diagnosticHandler,
&...
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How to change the color of editor in Texworks [duplicate]
I want to change the color from white to black in Texworks. The output pdf remain white, I means the editor back ground.
I can do it !! Thank you for letting me know:
memorandum
1) Make a mystyle....
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How to get a colored packed itemize list in ConTeXt?
Consider the following MWE:
\setupitemize[color=green,packed]
\starttext
\startitemize
\item Test one
\item Test two
\stopitemize
\stoptext
As you ...
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Color table rows and columns
I have a table whose rows are set to alternate between white and gray using xcolor's \rowcolors{2}{white}{gray!10}. I also want to highlight a column of that table, sos that it looks something like ...
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Writing Nukleotide motifs
Is there a way to write nukleotide motifs like the one in the picture?
There are 4 letters and each is color coded. If there are multiple options for
one position all options are written underneath ...
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Change color of equation hyperrefs with each section
Similar to two previous posts of mine, I want the color of the reference to a formula to be the same color as the theorems etc in that section.
MWE
\documentclass[a4paper,twoside,ngerman]{article}
\...
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Create an adapted \color macro for RTL mode (pdflatex and xelatex)
This is a complement to these questions:
Colors bizarre results with right to left text
Change color method used with beamer
My aim is to create a macro like \color which can be used in RTL mode (...
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Define bclogo environment that changes color with each section
For my theorems and section titles, I use i.e.
\usepackage{listofitem}
\setsepchar{,}
\readlist\mycolors{amaranth,blue,orange,purple}
\definecolor{amaranth}{HTML}{a82337}
\definecolor{orange}{HTML}{...
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Use customized color in \href
Problem
I am now updating my CV and I want to replace the ugly block outside the hyperlink with the customized color. I read and tried the solution provided in these answers and websites (anwser1, ...
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Use same color for all text
I saw other answers, but no one has achieved what I want.
I need to print my work, and I want all the text colors to be black.
I'm using packages that change's font color like \url{} or \cite{} and ...
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2answers
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Change font within Chapter Title - e.g. first part black, second red
Since I often use one document in two forms, lets say in form 1 and form 2, I would like to label that accordingly in the chapter headings and have parts in a different color. So the questions is, how ...
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Having multiple section with different color which have the same environment
I'm having trouble changing the sections's colors. They all have the same environment rSection defined below :
\newenvironment{rSection}[1]{
\sectionskip
\MakeUppercase{\bf #1} % Section title
...
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Color until line break (without luatex)
I need to create a command based on \color with a result like this
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
% \def\costumcol#1{.....}
\begin{document}
sample text sample text sample text ...
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A label in color box with fix width and height
I want to have a small size color box with a label in it. This color box should have a fix width and length.
I have tried with \crule[blue]{24mm}{6mm}, which can have the fixed size but I don't know ...
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Change color method used with beamer
We have many issues when using xcolor with right to left text (pdflatex and xelatex)
Colors bizarre results with right to left text
The answer suggest to use the command from fontspec package
{\...
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Multiple colored paragraphs: recognize position in PDF
I'm using this answer to color multiple paragraphs, i.e. I use
\newcommand{\nathaniel}[1]{{\leavevmode\color{blue}[#1]}}
and then
\nathaniel{
paragraph 1
paragraph 2
paragraph 3
}
...
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Incompatibility between pgfplots and xcolor since last MiKTeX update [duplicate]
Please consider the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\PassOptionsToPackage{prologue,usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table}{xcolor}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{...
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Change only the colour of the (bracketed part) of the title of a theorem
How may I change only the colour of the title of a theorem, i.e. the part that appears in brackets after say, "Theorem", "Definition" etc. when using the amsthm package?
I have tried passing \color{...
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The numbers are erased in the table
The numbers are erased when I color the cell, because how do I solve it?
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{boldline}
\begin{document}
\...
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How can I create a color registration test page with latex?
For color registration there is the special color registration black, which uses 100% of all colors used in print. This way misalignment can be easily spotted:
How can I create a color registration ...
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How to change the colour of the line when I strike out a sentence
I have the following MWE
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\st{I want to strike out this sentence} using a red line and I want to replace it with ...
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1answer
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Fill the symbol with defined rgb color
I have different symbols represent different cases for my study such as \triangledown, \vartriangle and \circ. I wanted to change the color of the symbol to represent different cases using rgb. I ...
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How do I alter all text colour within a space?
I've written a command to `hide' text, equations, and content, by changing its colour (e.g. to all white). Based on the discussion in [1] I'm using the command:
\newcommand{\hi}[1]{{\leavevmode\...
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Different colors for each bib file and custom prefix [Elsevier]
I have multiple bib files. I would like to use different text colors for all the references mentioned in different bib files. Secondly, I would like a custom prefix for each bib file.
Please let me ...
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Different colors for each bib file and custom prefix
I have multiple bib files. I would like to use different text colors for all the references mentioned in different bib files.
Secondly, i would like a custom prefix for each bib file.
Please let me ...
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1answer
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Tikz | How to change line color of histogram
I am trying to follow this answer for drawing a historgram. I was able to change the fill color of the histogram but I was not able to change the line color of the bars.
Question: What do I have to ...
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TikZ node text color not working with latest MiKTeX release [duplicate]
Please consider the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\PassOptionsToPackage{usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table}{xcolor}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\par Text before
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How to mark the space between words
I would like to make the space between words of a text "more visible".
Is there a way to colorize the word-space in a text?
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why \textcolor works but not \color in tex4ht?
In this MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{pifont}% http://ctan.org/pkg/pifont
\newcommand{\cmark}{\ding{51}}
\newcommand{\xmark}{\ding{55}}
\begin{document}
Why this is ...
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Using the % percent sign in lstlisting breaks text coloring
In my lstlisting, If I use a % sign, the highlighting for the rest of the file no longer works.
\subsection{Dereferencing pointers}
\par When you dereference a pointer, you are going to the ...
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How does one make just one word in the title a different color? [duplicate]
The following works to give the title all in black:
\title{The Title}
But this does not work to make the first word in the title red:
\title{{\color{red}The} Title}
How does one make just one word ...
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tikzpicture won't render 'usable' PS code
I use tikz (and tikzpicture) a fair bit, but files that used to compile fine before the latest slew of updates to pgf, and pstricks, no longer seem to do so (at least, on my MikTeX installation). The ...
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table cell colored with multirow lets text disapear behind next colored cell
I stumbled over something i do not know how to solve.
I don't even know about layers in latex but is seams like my text is disapearing behind a colored cell beneth it and that because i use a ...
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longtabu X-columns break with xcolor [duplicate]
Hello I have a few longtabu's in a document, some of those use xcolor to slightly alternate the row color. I have been using something similar as below for more than a year now, but updating my ...
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LaTeX equation that has white text on a transparent background
I would like to create a LaTeX equation that has white text on a transparent background, so that I can use it on an array of dark backgrounds in PowerPoint/Keynote.
\color{white}
\nopagecolor
\begin{...
