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+[color_map]
+# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
+# using colours (except white, black and grey)
+# https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value
+# abstract
+1=(255,0,0)
+# author
+2=(128,0,0)
+# author_aff
+#3=(255,255,0)
+#copyright_statement
+#4=(128,128,0)
+#doi
+#5=(0,255,0)
+#journal
+#6=(0,128,0)
+#keywords
+7=(0,255,255)
+#keywords_title
+#8=(0,128,128)
+#manuscript_title
+9=(0,0,255)
+#manuscript_type
+#10=(0,0,128)
+#page_no
+#11=(255,0,255)
+#section_paragraph
+12=(128,0,128)
+#section_title
+#13=(255,165,0)
+#table_title - #8a2be2
+#14=(138,43,226)
+#table_body_cell - #a52a2a
+#15=(165,42,42)
+#table_description - #deb887
+#16=(222,184,135)
+#table_footer - #5f9ea0
+#17=(95,158,160)
+#table_header_cell - #7fff00
+#18=(127,255,0)
+#figure_description - #d2691e
+#19=(210,105,30)
+#figure_title - #ff7f50
+#20=(255,127,80)
+#acknowledgement - #6495ed
+#21=(100,149,237)
+#reference - #dc143c
+#22=(220,20,60)
+#reference_list_title - #b8860b
+#23=(184,134,11)
+#main_paragraph - #ff1493
+24=(255,20,147)
+
+[color_labels]
+1=abstract
+2=author
+#3=author_aff
+#4=copyright_statement
+#5=doi
+#6=journal
+7=keywords
+#8=keywords_title
+9=manuscript_title
+#10=manuscript_type
+#11=page_no
+12=section_paragraph
+#13=section_title
+#14=table_title
+#15=table_body_cell
+#16=table_description
+#17=table_footer
+#18=table_header_cell
+#19=figure_description
+#20=figure_title
+#21=acknowledgement
+#22=reference
+#23=reference_list_title
+24=main_paragraph
+