6.6.1 Standard Element Colours

When atoms are coloured by element (see Section 6.2.2), each atom is assigned a colour depending on its element type.

Colours used for the common elements are:

Unknown atoms types are given in pale green (bottom left of the view above).

All other elements are coloured purple. To find this file:

If you are on a Windows PC, it will be in the folder examples\PeriodicTable.mry in the folder where Mercury is installed. For Mercury 1.3 this is most likely to be:

C:\Program Files\CCDC\Mercury 1.3\examples\PeriodicTable.mry

On Unix, it will be in the directory examples/mercury/PeriodicTable.mry in the directory where Mercury is installed. For instance, if you have installed Mercury in /home/cambridge, the file will be in:

/home/cambridge/examples/mercury/PeriodicTable.mry

There is no way to modify the colour used for a particular element.