Illustrations

2.0 Provision of colour

Colour is free for electronic-only journals (e.g. CrystEngComm) and its use is encouraged.

Colour figure reproduction is normally provided free of charge if the use of colour enhances the scientific understanding of the figure, and it is this aspect that is considered by the Editor when determining whether figures should be reproduced free in colour or not. If the use of colour is approved by the Editor, authors should provide colour artwork for publication and colour will be provided free of charge in the print, PDF and HTML versions of the article. The figure captions and the text of the article may mention the colour in the figure if required.

If the free use of colour is not approved, then black and white artwork should be provided. Figure captions and text should not contain references to colour. In general colour is not required for the following types of figures: simple line graphs and similar figures where points can be marked with symbols, labelled ORTEP plots, schematic diagrams, organic reaction schemes, images that have been falsely coloured (e.g. AFM images), photographs of people and equipment and histograms. Please note that this list is not comprehensive.

If the author prefers colour where the scientific understanding of the figure is not enhanced, then the author will be charged a partial contribution to the additional production costs of £350 for one page or £500 for the whole article (+VAT, value added tax, where applicable). Authors should provide colour artwork for publication and colour will be provided in the print, PDF and HTML versions of the article. The figure captions and the text of the article may mention the colour in the figure if required.

It may be possible to reproduce colour artwork free of charge in the PDF and HTML versions of an article. If this option is appropriate the authors should provide only colour artwork; however the figure caption and text of the article must not contain any reference to colour. The print article will be in black and white - the colour artwork provided by the author will be converted to greyscale by the RSC. It is important therefore that the exact same figure and accompanying text makes sense in both the black and white and colour versions. Only the PDF and HTML article will contain the colour artwork.

Specific advice may be obtained from the Editor of the journal to which the contribution is to be submitted. The Editor's decision on the use of colour is final.