COLORS file format description

Many people share .colors files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .colors file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .colors files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.colors - SAM Makelogo Colors Data

The COLORS data files are related to SAM. COLORS file is a SAM Makelogo Colors Data. The Sequence Alignment and Modeling system (SAM) is a collection of flexible software tools for creating, refining, and using linear hidden Markov models for biological sequence analysis.

Application:

SAM

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

SAM Makelogo Colors Data related extensions:

.a2m: SAM Alignment Data
.apr: SAM Alignment Probabilities Data
.cst: SAM Constraints Data
.dist: SAM Scoring Data
.dist-rdb: SAM RDB Scoring Data
.frag: SAM A2M Alignment Data

Naturally, other applications may also use the .colors file extension. Even harmful programs can create .colors files. Be especially cautious with .colors files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .colors file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.colors

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .colors file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

color

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.color: Ribbons Color Mapping
.color: FontTwister Color Gradient Data

Operating systems

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