[OS X TeX] color palettes

[Bruce Kellogg]

Thank you very much; this worked. Bruce Kellogg
On Dec 24, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Alan Munn wrote:

> At 8:24 PM -0500 12/24/06, Bruce Kellogg wrote:
>> I am having trouble using color palettes that I have found on the  
>> web. For example,
>> I have a tex file with the statements
>>
>>
>> \usepackage[named]{color}
>> {\color{OliveGreen} Olive Green}
>>
>> and I cannot process the file. I get the error message:
>>
>
> This is not the correct usage for the color package.  [named] is  
> not an option for calling the package, but is an option for the  
> \color command.  So, for example,
>
> \usepackage{color}
>
> \color[named]{OliveGreen}
>
> works for me (assuming TeX+Ghotscript), because OliveGreen is a  
> named color in the dvips driver.
>
> The named colors that are available differ from driver to driver.   
> To get pdftex to recognize dvips names use
>
> \usepackage[dvipsnames]{color}
>
> Then you can typeset the document using pdflatex and it will work.
>
> You should check the documentation for more information.  (in  
> Terminal type "texdoc grfguide" (no quotes)).
>
> Alan
>
>
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