Minecraft Color Codes: How to Use Minecraft Colors
Minecraft has a large number of building blocks that can be used to craft items. Each block has its own texture and users are free to change how a block looks with different texture packs.
Most of Minecraft is all blocks with the exception of items that are crafted or mined e.g., an ax, seeds, armor, almost all food items, etc. There is only one item that can be used to enter text; signs. Apart from signs, you can also send text-based messages.
Minecraft color codes
Both signs and messages are displayed in white by default however, you can use a bit of formatting and Minecraft color codes to change the color of text in a sign or in a message.
The Minecraft colors and the formatting codes:
| Color | Code |
|---|---|
| Dark Red | §4 |
| Red | §c |
| Gold | §6 |
| Yellow | §e |
| Dark Green | §2 |
| Green | §a |
| Aqua | §b |
| Dark Aqua | §3 |
| Dark Blue | §1 |
| Blue | §9 |
| Light Purple | §d |
| Dark Purple | §5 |
| White | §f |
| Gray | §7 |
| Dark Gray | §8 |
| Black | §0 |
Use Minecraft color codes
There is only one simple trick to using Minecraft color codes and that is knowing which symbol will be used to declare it. If you look at the table above, the symbol is included with the color code; § (the section symbol).
- Open Minecraft.
- Start either a chat or click a sign to enter text.
- Enter the section symbol by tapping Alt+0167.
- Enter the number for the color you want to use e.g. 4 will turn the text red.
- Enter the message or a label for a sign.
- Send the message or exit the edit sign screen.
- The text will appear in the selected color.
Text colors can be changed on any device that allows a user to enter the section symbol and most devices that run Minecraft support it. If you’re on a mobile device that doesn’t have this symbol by default, consider installing a third-party keyboard that has it.
Conclusion
Sending text in a color other than white, or setting up a sign in a different color isn’t hard. The only trick is to remember which number is associated with a color.
Much like most things in Minecraft, you will start to remember the number for a color once you’ve used it a few times. If not, you can write it down on paper and keep it handy. The color will be visible to everyone regardless if they themselves can enter text in different colors.
