Series overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package The colortab package 4. The colortab package The colortab package is another package to color table cells and rules (lines). It is the only alternative to colortbl/xcolor, as xcolor requires colortbl. It is a somewhat complicated package that tends to be buggy. Also, … [Read more…]
Series overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package The colortab package 3. The xcolor package While coloring tables, the xcolor package provides the same commands as <a href="https://www.ctan.org/pkg/colortbl">colortbl</a>. The reason is that loading the xcolor package with the table option loads the colortbl package in the background. On top to the … [Read more…]
Series overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package The colortab package 1. Introduction to colors Colors constitute the human visual interpretation of light waves of different wavelengths. Color models There exist several models to represent colors. We will examine the three that are provided by the <a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/color" target="_blank" rel="noopener">color</a> … [Read more…]
The following post will show you how to better present your data in tables through coloring rows/columns or even single cells to highlight important data. You will need the following two packages, the first to define new colors and the latter to actually color the table: Let me first show you how to define a … [Read more…]