Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ color | Color not recognized

[Willie]

Hello. This might be a trivial problem, but it doesn't work for me.
I am using the 'color' package but keep getting an error.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
	\textcolor{Orange}{Hello World!}
\end{document}

yields the error: 'Undefined color `Orange' '.
I don't see the 'color' package in my MiKTeX packages, and also when running Package Manager it doesn't appear in the list. SAo that might be the problem...
What should I do?
Thanks.

EDIT:

When I use

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\definecolor{light-gray}{gray}{0.8}

for example, it works.

[Frits]

Hi,

Try this:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
   \textcolor{orange}{Hello World!}
\end{document}

1) The color package is old The xcolor package is more updated and more advanced.
2) The color 'tags' are case-sensitive, so instead of 'Orange' xcolor recognizes only 'orange' as follows from the package documentation.

[Willie]

Thank a bunch! it's working.
So is it that my LaTeX distribution does not contain the "color" package because it is too old?

[localghost]

[…] So is it that my LaTeX distribution does not contain the "color" package because it is too old?

Certainly not. Otherwise you would get an error message about a missing package. The reason why you don't see it in the MPM list is that this package is part of the graphics bundle. And this should be listed in the MPM list.


Thorsten