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How to define custom colors in LaTeX

8. December 2015 by tom 2 Comments

There are different ways to define a specific color in LaTeX. Often, I just choose a predefined color from the xcolor package or define a color using the RGB color model. However, I personally like the red!40!blue notation best. This creates purple with 40% red and 60% blue. In this post, I will introduce these … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: color, colorlet, custom, definecolor, design, LaTeX, mix, red, shiny, style, usepackage, xcolor

Using colors in a LaTeX document

20. May 2015 by tom 9 Comments

Guest post by Qutub Sajib While preparing a document in LaTeX, you may want to use colors for different purposes. Those purposes might be to color text or highlight text by changing its background color. You may even want to do both, highlight colored text. In this tutorial, we’re going to discuss how to color … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: cmyk, color, definecolor, highlight, LaTeX, rgb, text, textcolor, usepackage, xcolor

Coloring every alternate table row

2. September 2011 by tom 12 Comments

In one of my previous posts I describe how to color or shade every other row in a LaTeX table. However, there is a much nicer, cleaner and simpler way to color every odd/even row, making tables much more readable. First load the xcolor package in the preamble: and define any color you like, e.g. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: definecolor, LaTeX, r, rowcolors, table, tabular, usepackage, xcolor

LaTeX syntax highlighting examples

11. June 2011 by tom 15 Comments

Syntax highlighting in LaTeX using the listings package is very powerful. Below, I will provide a few examples for your convenience. First, let me briefly summarize the usage of the listings package. So below you’ll find a few complete code examples to reuse and modify for your purposes: “The Pseudo Code Box” This code was … [Read more…]

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Posted in: LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: backgroundcolor, caption, code, color, commentstyle, definecolor, java, keywordstyle, language, LaTeX, listings, lstinputlisting, lstset, otherkeywords, stringstyle, syntax highlighting, usepackage

Highlight table rows/columns with color

19. April 2011 by tom 21 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: cellcolor, color, colortbl, columncolor, definecolor, LaTeX, lcg, newcolumntype, rowcolor, table, tabular




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