Katherine Blundell

Tips on using colour in LaTeX

To use colours in regular LaTeX files, just do the following:

1. To put colours into a usual LaTeX file just include the line \usepackage{color} directly below the line which looks approximately like \documentclass{article}
2. Ensure that the file rgb.tex is in your current directory or path.
3. Include the following line below the \usepackage{color} line:
   \input{rgb}
4. Then colour bits of text or equations etc with a construction like:
   {\color{red} ...bit of LaTeX text...}
   an example of making an equation the colour DarkSeaGreen (rather a sophisticated shade, I think) one types the following:
   \begin{equation}
{\color{DarkSeaGreen} x = \log_{10} (\nu/\rm MHz) }
\end{equation}

5. Then just run latex filename in the usual way.
   

Here are some examples of the LaTeX seminar slides:

1. An example of a regular LaTeX file which is coloured is example_latex.tex - you can view what this should look like by ghostviewing example_latex.ps
2. An example of a LaTeX file which makes use of the seminar.cls package is example_ohps.tex -- you can view what this should look like by ghostviewing example_ohps.ps