# Discourse Coloured Text

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-coloured-text/218111>\
**Category:** Theme component\
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-coloured-text/218111 "2022-02-14T10:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-coloured-text/218111/1 "2022-02-14T10:27:57Z")

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“BBCode-lite” without the need to install a plugin …

Adds a simple control (palette icon) to the Composer to facilitate colouring of the foreground and background of text

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/c/8cd602682d77055490a997d0225fb38fb9bdf41b.png)

- Select a word or text
- Hit the palette control
- It will be wrapped like so: `[wrap=color color=# bgcolor=#]word[/wrap]`
- Replace the `#`s with html-compatible colour names, e.g. “red”, “grey” … experiment.

**☣ NB Same caveats apply as to BBCode: can be used to hide text.**

## Credits

- Uses @j.jaffeux’s [Generic bbcode wrapper for theme components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generic-bbcode-wrapper-for-theme-components/123516) 👍
- Co-authored by @Johani who added yet more 🪄 (original discussion here: [BBcode color tags in a theme - #2 by merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbcode-color-tags-in-a-theme/211902/2))

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| 🛠 | `https://github.com/merefield/discourse-tc-coloured-text` | [GitHub - merefield/discourse-tc-coloured-text: A simple Theme Component alternative to the BBCode colouring plugin · GitHub](https://github.com/merefield/discourse-tc-coloured-text) |
| ❓ | **Install Guide** | [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |

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