[OS X TeX] using color in LaTeX

lichtner lichtner at lanl.gov
Sun Apr 10 01:48:38 CEST 2005


I now want to add colors to my headers and footers but my LaTeX seems 
to have problems recognizing colors. Here is what I get latexing the 
demo package:

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)
  \write18 enabled.
output format initialized to PDF
entering extended mode
(./color-package-demo.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8c> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, 
ngerman, n
ohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/color.cfg)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/pdftex.def))
(./color-package-demo.aux)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/supp-mis.tex
loading : Context Support Macros / Miscellaneous

! LaTeX Error: Undefined color `BrickRed'.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
  ...

l.29 produces {\color{BrickRed}
                                 BrickRed}. Alternately one can use the
? ing : Context Support Macros / PDF (2004.03.26)
)

! LaTeX Error: Undefined color `Blue'.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
  ...

l.17 \maketitle

?

Is there a problem with my LaTeX installation?
Thanks, ...Peter

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