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I use Moleskine journals and I really like the colour of the paper. I find it quite good for the eyes compared to the pure white, nonetheless I have no idea how to reproduce this color in LaTeX.
An example of the paper can be found here:
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I would be very grateful if someone could reproduce this color in TeX as well.
The short answer is: use blend modes (p.340, pgfmanual v3.0.1a) with difference mode.
But, for better results, you may use outlined text or background with opacity. The following picture shows different tests:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage[outline]{contour}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (a) {\includegraphics{tiger}};
\path (a.north) -- (a.south)
\foreach \pos in {1,...,7}{coordinate[pos=\pos/8] (p-\pos)};
\tikzset{my text/.style={text=white,font=\Huge\bfseries}}
\def\mytext{Test of long text}
\node[my text] (ex) at (p-1) {\mytext};
\node[anchor=east] at (ex -| a.west) {white text};
\node[my text,text=black](ex) at (p-2) {\mytext};
\node[anchor=east] at (ex -| a.west) {black text};
\node[my text,fill opacity=.5,fill=black,text opacity=1] (ex) at (p-3) {\mytext};
\node[anchor=east] at (ex -| a.west) {black background with opacity};
\node[my text,text=black,fill opacity=.5,fill=white,text opacity=1] (ex) at (p-4) {\mytext};
\node[anchor=east] at (ex -| a.west) {white background with opacity};
\node[my text] (ex) at (p-5) {\contour{white}{\mytext}};
\node[anchor=east] at (ex -| a.west) {white outlined text};
\node[my text] (ex) at (p-6) {\contour{black}{\textcolor{white}{\mytext}}};
\node[anchor=east] at (ex -| a.west) {black outlined text};
\begin{scope}[blend group=difference]
\clip ($(p-7 -| a.west) + (0,1.1em)$) rectangle ($(p-7 -| a.east) + (0,-1.1em)$);
\node {\includegraphics{tiger}};
\node[my text] (ex) at (p-7) {\mytext};
\end{scope}
\node[anchor=east] at (ex -| a.west) {\emph{required} blended text (difference)};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
After some tests, the problem seems to come from \cmidrule, but it is not specific to booktabs, since \cline has the same problem.
On the other hand, the row number to start from must be an odd number. This means that if you set the starting row number to be 2, the first grey row will be number 3. So if you really want to start at row number 2, you have to start at number 1 and swap the colours.
Second strange feature: it seems that an odd number of \cmidrule/\clines between two rows counts as a supplementary row. Thus when you want to start at row number 3, you do start at row 3 if you have 0, 2 or 4 \cmidrules, but start at row number 2 if you have 1 or 3.
Here is a code showing these problems:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[usernames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table]{xcolor}
\rowcolors{4}{lightgray!30}{white} % To be changed in examples
%\rowcolor{<Start from>}{odd}{even}
\rowcolors{3}{lightgray!30}{white} % To be changed in examples
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\rowcolors{3}{lightgray!30}{white}
\begin{tabular}{ r l r l r l r l r }
\toprule
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 1}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 2}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 3}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 4}} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-3}%
%\cmidrule(lr){4-5}
%\cmidrule(lr){6-7}
%\cmidrule(lr){8-9}
& \textbf{H1}
& \textbf{H2}
& \textbf{H3}
& \textbf{H4}
& \textbf{H5}
& \textbf{H6}
& \textbf{H7}
& \textbf{H8} \\
\midrule
1 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
2 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
3 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
4 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
5 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
6 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
7 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
8 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
\midrule[\heavyrulewidth]
\rowcolor[gray]{1}
\multicolumn{9}{l}{Extra information} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\vspace{1cm}
\rowcolors{3}{lightgray!30}{white}
\begin{tabular}{ r l r l r l r l r }
\toprule
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 1}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 2}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 3}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 4}} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-3}%
\cmidrule(lr){4-5}
%\cmidrule(lr){6-7}
%\cmidrule(lr){8-9}
& \textbf{H1}
& \textbf{H2}
& \textbf{H3}
& \textbf{H4}
& \textbf{H5}
& \textbf{H6}
& \textbf{H7}
& \textbf{H8} \\
\midrule
1 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
2 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
3 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
4 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
5 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
6 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
7 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
8 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
\midrule[\heavyrulewidth]
\rowcolor[gray]{1}
\multicolumn{9}{l}{Extra information} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\vspace{1cm}
\rowcolors{3}{lightgray!30}{white}
\begin{tabular}{ r l r l r l r l r }
\toprule
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 1}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 2}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 3}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{File 4}} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-3}%
\cmidrule(lr){4-5}
\cmidrule(lr){6-7}
%\cmidrule(lr){8-9}
& \textbf{H1}
& \textbf{H2}
& \textbf{H3}
& \textbf{H4}
& \textbf{H5}
& \textbf{H6}
& \textbf{H7}
& \textbf{H8} \\
\midrule
1 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
2 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
3 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
4 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
5 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
6 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
7 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
8 & A & B & C & D & E & F & G & H \\
\midrule[\heavyrulewidth]
\rowcolor[gray]{1}
\multicolumn{9}{l}{Extra information} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Best Answer
If you have the color then reproducing is not difficult with
xcolorpackage. Here TikZ loads it anyways.