Re: Coloring ornaments

[Mats Bengtsson]

David Fedoruk wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I am trying to color ornaments based on which of the composer or
> editors suggested them. Setting a variable for each color and
> articulation seems like it should be almost the same as for a simple
> NoteHead. Since the articulation is a property of the note, the
> override should be a simple extension of the ones in the manual. So
> far my best guess based on what I've found in the manual and the list
> archives is this:
>
> % articulation-type (string)
> color = \override NoteHead.articulation-type "mordent" = #darkred
>   
I cannot really imagine where you have read to come up with something
like this. The articulations are separate objects and not a property of 
the note
head. The object type for articulations is Script. The easiest solution 
is therefore
\once \override Script #'color = #darkred c-\mordent

The solution using \tweak that have been proposed as a solution to your 
problem
will also work, but is only needed if you have several articulations 
stacked on
top of each other on the same note and you only want to influence the 
color of
one of them
c-\tweak #'color #darkred -\mordent  -\fermata

   /Mats