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15810	"RFE: convenient if ""color fromatom"" could work on atom/residue labels"	Elaine Meng	Tom Goddard	"As per chimerax-users exchange https://mail.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/archives/list/chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu/thread/UJ4MMK3QSUV5WMXPYWXOYI3X7ILDGLWR/

namely, user NG, Cheukhei Jackie [Student] asks:
I am trying to use 2D labels on selections of multiple chains, is there a good way to apply colored 2D labels on my selection consistent to the chain color the selection came from? e.g. Selected chain A(red) and B(blue), the atom label applied on chain A will automatically appear red and for chain B blue.

Elaine: In Chimera the labels would already be colored to match the chains, or at least the atoms, because they inherited the color somehow.  In ChimeraX they appear as white and it is somewhat tedious to color them to match the corresponding atoms, so it would be handy if you could do something like:

open 4hhb
color bychain
label :hem height 3
color fromatoms target l


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