Formatting Codes
Formatting Codes (also known as Color Codes) are codes that can add color and modifications to text in Minecraft.
Information[edit | edit source]
Texts can be formatted with the section sign "§" and that can be typed with pressing Alt + Numpad2Numpad1 or Alt + Numpad0Numpad1Numpad6Numpad7, in normal gameplay, this sign can only be entered into Book and Quills. In Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, it can also be written into signs, world names, renaming items and in the chat. However, programs and editors can be used to insert it in other locations.
Colors[edit | edit source]
Messages sent from the server to the client can contain colors, which allow coloring of text for various purposes. Hex digit to color mapping. Use § followed by the corresponding color letter/number; e.g. §e will give you yellow. The sign "§" followed by a hex digit in the message tells the client to switch colors while displaying text.
Code | Official Name | Technical Name | Foreground Color | Background Color | ||||||
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R | G | B | Hex | R | G | B | Hex | |||
§0 | Black | black | 0 | 0 | 0 | 000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 000000 |
§1 | Dark Blue | dark_blue | 0 | 0 | 170 | 0000AA | 0 | 0 | 42 | 00002A |
§2 | Dark Green | dark_green | 0 | 170 | 0 | 00AA00 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 002A00 |
§3 | Dark Aqua | dark_aqua | 0 | 170 | 170 | 00AAAA | 0 | 42 | 42 | 002A2A |
§4 | Dark Red | dark_red | 170 | 0 | 0 | AA0000 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2A0000 |
§5 | Dark Purple | dark_purple | 170 | 0 | 170 | AA00AA | 42 | 0 | 42 | 2A002A |
§6 | Gold | gold | 255 | 170 | 0 | FFAA00 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 2A2A00 |
§7 | Gray | gray | 170 | 170 | 170 | AAAAAA | 42 | 42 | 42 | 2A2A2A |
§8 | Dark Gray | dark_gray | 85 | 85 | 85 | 555555 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 151515 |
§9 | Blue | blue | 85 | 85 | 255 | 5555FF | 21 | 21 | 63 | 15153F |
§a | Green | green | 85 | 255 | 85 | 55FF55 | 21 | 63 | 21 | 153F15 |
§b | Aqua | aqua | 85 | 255 | 255 | 55FFFF | 21 | 63 | 63 | 153F3F |
§c | Red | red | 255 | 85 | 85 | FF5555 | 63 | 21 | 21 | 3F1515 |
§d | Light Purple | light_purple | 255 | 85 | 255 | FF55FF | 63 | 21 | 63 | 3F153F |
§e | Yellow | yellow | 255 | 255 | 85 | FFFF55 | 63 | 63 | 21 | 3F3F15 |
§f | White | white | 255 | 255 | 255 | FFFFFF | 63 | 63 | 63 | 3F3F3F |
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The color codes almost exactly match, in order, the 16 colors available using a Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), as released in 1981. Only color 6 differs; the formula exception for color 6 in Minecraft, #FFAA00 – differs from that made for CGA – #AA5500.
- In Java Edition, they use Raw JSON Text Format.