RasMol Shapely Colors

The following text and table are taken from the RasMol v2.6 manual in its HTML form (RasMol Manual: Frames). The text colors were added on a black background so as to correspond to the "standard" viewing window in RasMol. (The nucleoside color table was added to the original HTML version of the Manual, rasman.html).
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Amino Colours

The RasMol amino colour scheme colours amino acids according to traditional amino acid properties. The purpose of colouring is to identify amino acids in an unusual or surprising environment. The outer parts of a protein that are polar are visible (bright) colours and non-polar residues darker. Most colours are hallowed by tradition. This colour scheme is similar to the shapely scheme (second table) that is available under the RasMol Colours menu. The nucleosides are also colored differently in this scheme, as shown in the third table.

**Amino Color Table for Amino Acids**
Amino Acids	Color Name	RGB Values	Hexadecimal
ASP, GLU	bright red	`[230,10,10]`	E60A0A
CYS, MET	yellow	`[230,230,0]`	E6E600
LYS, ARG	blue	`[20,90,255]`	145AFF
SER, THR	orange	`[250,150,0]`	FA9600
PHE, TYR	mid blue	`[50,50,170]`	3232AA
ASN, GLN	cyan	`[0,220,220]`	00DCDC
GLY	light grey	`[235,235,235]`	EBEBEB
LEU, VAL, ILE	green	`[15,130,15]`	0F820F
ALA	dark grey	`[200,200,200]`	C8C8C8
TRP	pink	`[180,90,180]`	B45AB4
HIS	pale blue	`[130,130,210]`	8282D2
PRO	flesh	`[220,150,130]`	DC9682

**Shapely Color Table for Amino Acids**
Amino Acids	Color Name	RGB Values	Hexadecimal
ASP, THR	dark red	`[160,0,66]`	A00042
GLU	red-brown	`[102,0,0]`	660000
CYS	bright yellow	`[55,55,112]`	FFFF70
MET, TYR	dark yellow	`[184,160,66]`	B8A042
LYS	blue	`[71,71,184]`	4747B8
ARG	dark blue	`[0,0,124]`	00007C
SER, GLN	orange	`[255,76,76]`	FF4C4C
PHE, PRO, TRP	dark grey	`[83,76,66]`	534C42
ASN	flesh	`[255,124,112]`	FF7C70
GLY, VAL	white	`[255,255,255]`	FFFFFF
ILE	dark green	`[0,76,0]`	004C00
LEU	grey-green	`[69,94,69]`	455E45
ALA	light green	`[140,255,140]`	8CFF8C
HIS	pale blue	`[112,112,255]`	7070FF

**Shapely Color Table for Nucleosides in DNA & RNA**
Nucleoside	Color Name	RGB Values	Hexadecimal
Adenosine	light blue	`[160,160,255]`	A0A0FF
Cytosine	orange	`[255,140,75]`	FF8C4B
Guanosine	light red	`[255,112,112]`	FF7070
Thymidine	light green	`[160,255,160]`	A0FFA0
Uridine	dark grey	`[184,184,184]`	B8B8B8

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