Using colour specifications directly


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Normally one would predeclare all the colours used in a package, or in the document preamble, but sometimes it is convenient to directly use a colour without naming it first. To achieve this | | (and all the other colour commands) take an optional argument specifying the model. If this is used then the mandatory argument takes a 〈<#367#>colour specification<#367#>〉 instead of a 〈<#368#>name<#368#>〉. For example:
| |
would directly select that colour.

This is particularly useful for accessing the named model:
| | selects the |dvips| colour BrickRed.

Rather than repeatedly use |[named]| you may use | provide convenient aliases:
|| ... | |...

Alternatively if you are happy to use the existing names from the named model, you may use the |usenames| package option, which effectively calls | every colour in the named model, thus allowing | | in addition to | |.