Answers.Body: <h2>Spheres</h2>
  <p>So how PyMOL stores how it shows atoms is that each atom has a colour and a represention, which is a binary number telling what to show. Therefore the colour for <code>spheres</code> is the same as the colour for <code>sticks</code>. The only way round this is to copy the object (<code>create copycat, original</code> and you set copycat differently)</p>
  <p>To set the atom you do</p>
  <pre><code>select iliketheschaps, resi 200‐221 and name CA+CB
  color tv_green, iliketheschaps
  show spheres, iliketheschaps
  </code></pre>
  <p>The object <code>iliketheschaps</code> is a selection. Do make sure the range is a hyphen-minus (character next to 0) as opposed to an en-dash (–) which Word subs and on a mac you get with <kbd>cmd</kbd>+<kbd>-</kbd></p>
  <h2>non-PyMOL colours</h2>
  <p>Now you asked for &quot;gold&quot;. This is not a colour in the menu —famous for the colour <code>limon</code>. Gold is a CSS colour name, but it won't work.
  You will have to colour by hex code. Say you want &quot;gold&quot; you need to google the colour name and hex. #FFD700.</p>
  <pre><code>color 0xFFD700, iliketheschaps
  </code></pre>
  <h2>The Fashion Police have been alerted</h2>
  <blockquote>
  <p>This paragraph is in jest.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>However, as you may know bioinformaticians are very fashion savvy for colours. Mustard was the in-colour from last year, so you really ought to use mustard (<code>0xffdb58</code>). This year is all about nectarine (<code>0xffa168</code>) (which is not salmon —this ain't 2015!). Coral (<code>0xff7f50</code>) and teal (<code>0x008080</code>) were from previous years and are still are going strong!</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>show sphere, A/1/C</p>
  <p>set sphere_color, red, A/1/C</p>
  
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Body: <p>Hello I am a Pymol user</p>
  <p>I want to color all alpha carbons (ca) and beta carbons (cb) from a certain ressidue in different color. How can I do this?</p>
  <p>I selected the spheres with:</p>
  <pre><code>show spheres, C/1-9/ca 
  show spheres, C/1-9/cb
  
  </code></pre>
  <p>and if I use</p>
  <pre><code>set sphere_color, theColor
  </code></pre>
  <p>I color all the spheres what I don't want.</p>
  <p>according to: <code>color    gold,    resi    200-­‐221</code><br />
  I tried
  <code>gold,    spheres, C/1-9/ca</code>
  but this didn't work</p>
  
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Title: Pymol: color spheres with different colors
ThreadText: # Pymol: color spheres with different colors
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-07)
  
  Hello I am a Pymol user
  
  I want to color all alpha carbons (ca) and beta carbons (cb) from a certain ressidue in different color. How can I do this?
  
  I selected the spheres with:
  
  ```
  show spheres, C/1-9/ca 
  show spheres, C/1-9/cb
  
  ```
  
  and if I use
  
  ```
  set sphere_color, theColor
  
  ```
  
  I color all the spheres what I don't want.
  
  according to: `color gold, resi 200-­‐221`  
  I tried
  `gold, spheres, C/1-9/ca`
  but this didn't work
  
  **Tags:** pymol
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Hi @username_0 whilst your question is certainly answerable it is etiquette to provide a few more details about your investigation. Past posts do answer this specific question  
  
  ---
  
  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-11-07. Score: 1
  
  ## Spheres
  
  So how PyMOL stores how it shows atoms is that each atom has a colour and a represention, which is a binary number telling what to show. Therefore the colour for `spheres` is the same as the colour for `sticks`. The only way round this is to copy the object (`create copycat, original` and you set copycat differently)
  
  To set the atom you do
  
  ```
  select iliketheschaps, resi 200‐221 and name CA+CB
  color tv_green, iliketheschaps
  show spheres, iliketheschaps
  
  ```
  
  The object `iliketheschaps` is a selection. Do make sure the range is a hyphen-minus (character next to 0) as opposed to an en-dash (–) which Word subs and on a mac you get with `cmd`+`-`
  
  ## non-PyMOL colours
  
  Now you asked for "gold". This is not a colour in the menu —famous for the colour `limon`. Gold is a CSS colour name, but it won't work.
  You will have to colour by hex code. Say you want "gold" you need to google the colour name and hex. #FFD700.
  
  ```
  color 0xFFD700, iliketheschaps
  
  ```
  
  ## The Fashion Police have been alerted
  
  > This paragraph is in jest.
  
  However, as you may know bioinformaticians are very fashion savvy for colours. Mustard was the in-colour from last year, so you really ought to use mustard (`0xffdb58`). This year is all about nectarine (`0xffa168`) (which is not salmon —this ain't 2015!). Coral (`0xff7f50`) and teal (`0x008080`) were from previous years and are still are going strong!
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-08-23. Score: -1
  
  show sphere, A/1/C
  
  set sphere\_color, red, A/1/C
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Please add some explanation to your answer, and format code lines better. As it stands, this post is low quality and might be deleted.  
  
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