[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX Error: Option clash for package xcolor

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I have an option clash between package xcolor and another package, but I don't know which. Here is my MWE

\documentclass[10pt]{beamer}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[usenames]{xcolor}

\author{The author}
\title{Package conflicts}
\date{October 3rd, 2012}

\begin{document}

This is supposed to be \textcolor{olivegreen}{olivegreen}
\end{document}

And the error message is :

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
(./error_xcolor.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
<blablabla>
! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package xcolor.

I hope this is enough log for you guys. At this time of the day, I'm hoping for America to save my french ass … again : )

Best Answer

The beamer class loads xcolor per default. You can issue the option via a beamer-option

\documentclass[10pt,xcolor={usenames}]{beamer}

olivegreen on the other hand needs the dvipsnames option and is called OliveGreen:

\documentclass[10pt,xcolor={dvipsnames}]{beamer}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{url}

\author{The author}
\title{Package conflicts}
\date{October 3rd, 2012}

\begin{document}

This is supposed to be \textcolor{OliveGreen}{olivegreen}
\end{document}

You could do

\documentclass[10pt,xcolor={usenames,dvipsnames}]{beamer}

but don't (usenames is obsolete).
TeXLive 2009 is old …

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[Tex/LaTex] Option clash for package xcolor

Once you get the error message:

! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package xcolor.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
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type "h" (without the quotation marks, for help) in the output console and you get

? h
The package xcolor has already been loaded with options:
  []
There has now been an attempt to load it with options
  [table]
Adding the global options:
  ,table
to your \documentclass declaration may fix this.

So, you get an explanation of the problem and a possible solution. Doing as advised you prevent the clash:

\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,article,table]{memoir}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{graphicx}
    \graphicspath{{Figures/}}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{modroman}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\begin{document}
test
\end{document}

Now, the problem was that another package (pgfplots, in this case) had already loaded the xcolor package without options, so loading it after pgfplots with the table option produces the clash. One way to prevent the problem was already presented (using table as class option); another solution is to load xcolor with the table option before pgfplots:

\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,article]{memoir}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{graphicx}
    \graphicspath{{Figures/}}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{modroman}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{mathtools}

\begin{document}
test
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] error: option clash for package xcolor

Finding out which package loads what is often a daunting task. Instead pass the options before document class. If there is still an option clash then you cannot use that option together with the other package loading. Also smartdiagram -> tikz -> {graphicx,xcolor}.

\PassOptionsToPackage{table,xcdraw}{xcolor}
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[backend=biber, natbib=true, style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts}
\usepackage{smartdiagram}
\usepackage{float}

\smartdiagramset{circular distance=4cm,
font=\normalsize,
text width=2.5cm,
arrow line width=0.2cm
}
\newsavebox{\mybox}
\savebox{\mybox}{%
\smartdiagram[circular diagram]{Insured \\ policy holder,Insurer \\ company}
}
\begin{document}
.
\end{document}

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