General ⇒ Heading Rule Color

[jspencer46]

I am trying to set a colored rule in the heading. I found some macro code that put me on the \renewcommand{\headrule} trail, but I cannot get it to work. Rule still prints black. Here is what I am using:

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Figure manipulation
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[plain, headings]{nccfancyhdr}
\definecolor{heading}{rgb}{0.106,0.147,0.203}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{2pt}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\headrule}{
\setlength\@tempdima{\headrulewidth}
\textcolor{heading}{\hrule\@height\@tempdima\@width\headwidth}
\vskip -2\@tempdima}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
Sample Text.
\end{document}

Can anyone help correct this code, or point me in another (better) direction? Thanks!

[gmedina]

Hi,

your code produces the expected result; at least on my system. Maybe the color that you are defining is too close to black that you do not appreciate the difference; try

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\definecolor{heading}{rgb}{0.5,1,0}

instead of

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\definecolor{heading}{rgb}{0.106,0.147,0.203}

the rule now should be "greenish". The documentation of the xcolor package (by the way, I would also suggest you to use xcolor instead of color) contains some useful information about defining colors.

If the problem persists, please let us know.