LyX ⇒ color | Named Colors

[StarKid]

How can I use named colors in LyX? I can't add \usepackage[usenames]{color} to the preamble because \usepackage{color} is there by default and I get an "option
clash for package color" error.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could use

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\PassOptionsToPackage{usenames}{color}

or specify usenames as option for the document class, which would be inherited.

Stefan

[StarKid]

Neither of these had any effect, if I did things correctly. I added

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\PassOptionsToPackage{usenames}{color}

to the preamble (wasn't sure if it was supposed to be ...{usenames,dvipsnames}..., so I tried that too, separately). I have hyperref support enable and I tried setting urlcolor= royalblue then urlcolor=apricot just to test another color. I got an "undefined color" error both times. The same thing happened when I added

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usenames

to the Document Class->Class Options->Custom.

This is on a clean lyx test file, article class, with nothing but a hyperlink in it, hyperref enabled, and

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urlcolor=apricot

in Document Settings->PDF Properties->Additional Options.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could use the xcolor package instead.

Stefan

[StarKid]

The solution found on the gmane lyx.general group for using the dvips colors was the following (for pdflatex):

Place

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usenames,dvipsnames

in the Custom Class Options box and add

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\usepackage{pdfcolmk} 

to the preamble.

Details here:http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/anthon ... secol.html