Color Codes Guide

Color Codes Guide

by Alp [@AlpDerps in discord]

This page describes how to use color codes, formatting, gradients and effects.
All you need is &, type it before a code and it works in chat, signs, anvils, quests, anywhere text is rendered.

Quick Links

• The 16 Classic Colors
• Formatting
• RGB Hex Colors
• Gradients
• Rainbow
• Wavy Text
• Mixing Everything Together
• Quick Reference

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The 16 Classic Colors

These are the same Minecraft color codes you might know from servers, except now you can actually type them without needing any server plugins.

Code	Color	Preview
&0	Black
&1	Dark Blue
&2	Dark Green
&3	Dark Aqua
&4	Dark Red
&5	Dark Purple
&6	Gold
&7	Gray
&8	Dark Gray
&9	Blue
&a	Green
&b	Aqua
&c	Red
&d	Light Purple
&e	Yellow
&f	White

Put the color before your text and everything after it will be that color, until you use another color or reset with &r.

examples:
&cThis is red
&cThis is red &eand this is yellow
&aGreen text &rback to normal

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Formatting

Code	Effect	Preview
&l	Bold
&o	Italic
&n	Underline
&m	Strikethrough
&k	Obfuscated (random glitchy characters)
&r	Resets everything back to normal

These stack with colors, always put the color first then the style.

examples:
&c&lBold Red
&a&oItalic Green
&e&nUnderlined Yellow

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RGB Hex Colors

16 colors not enough? Pick literally any color you want.
Go to any color picker (google "color picker"), grab the hex code, and put &# in front of it.

Code	Color	Preview
&#FF6B4A	Coral Orange
&#4ECDC4	Soft Teal
&#7B68EE	Slate Blue
&#FF69B4	Hot Pink

That's it. 16 million colors at your disposal.
Works exactly like the basic colors, everything after the code gets that color.

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Gradients

Smoothly blend between two colors across your text.
The format is &g followed by two hex colors, a start color and an end color.

The longer the text, the smoother the fade looks.

Code	Description	Preview
&g&#FF0000&#FFFF00	Fire
&g&#00FF87&#FF00FF	Mint to Magenta
&g&#FFFFFF&#000000	Light to Dark
&g&#FF1493&#FFD700	Pink to Gold
&g&#FF6347&#4169E1	Sunset to Ocean

The gradient runs until it hits another color code or a &r reset.
You can chain multiple gradients in one line:
&g&#FF0000&#FFD700fire &g&#4169E1&#00FFFFice

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Rainbow

&q and everything after it cycles through rainbow colors. Not much else to say.

Code	Description	Preview
&q	Rainbow

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Wavy Text

&z makes text bob up and down, one character at a time.
Goes well with other things, combine it with colors or gradients.

Code	Description	Preview
&z	Wavy text
&c&z	Red wavy text
&g&#00CED1&#FF69B4&z	Wavy gradient

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Mixing Everything Together

Color goes first, then style codes. You can mix and match pretty much anything.

Code	Description	Preview
&g&#FF0000&#FFFF00&l	Bold fire gradient
&#FF69B4&l&o	Bold italic pink
&g&#00CED1&#FF69B4&z&l	Bold wavy gradient

if your formatting starts bleeding into text that should be clean, drop a &r to reset:
&c&lIMPORTANT: &rthis part is normal again

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Quick Reference

What you want	What you type
Red text	&c
Specific color	&#FF6B4A
Gradient	&g&#FF0000&#FFD700
Rainbow	&q
Wavy	&z
Bold	&l
Italic	&o
Underline	&n
Reset	&r