Minecraft Color Codes: How to Change Text Color for Signs

Minecraft is an open-world game where you can make just about anything if you’re creative enough. Beyond building structures, many players like customizing the game by changing text styles and colors. If you’ve ever wanted your signs or chat messages to stand out, this guide will show you how. You can do this in both the Java and the UWP versions of the app.

Note: If you’re looking to play Minecraft unblocked at school or work, check out our separate guide on that. Here, we’re focusing on Minecraft color codes and style customization.

The Section symbol

To change text color, you need to declare the color before you start the text. The color is declared by entering the Section symbol § followed by the Minecraft color code.

Depending on your keyboard type, you access this symbol in different ways:

• Windows: Hold down the Alt key as you type 0167 on the number pad
• MacOS: Hold Option + 6
• iOS: Hold the & symbol on your iPhone keyboard. § will pop up; just slide your finger over it
• Android: First choose the number keyboard, then the symbols keyboard. From there, hold the paragraph symbol (¶), and you should see § pop up, and you can slide your finger over it
• Different versions of Android may have different keyboard options. You may also find it as simple as holding down S and seeing the section symbol appear, so do some exploring
• Game console: Open the character keyboard and hold the & button until more options appear. Select the section symbol. Some consoles may have it available in the symbols section

If you can’t find it, just copy it from here: §

Minecraft color codes

The game supports a range of color codes. Here’s the full list of Minecraft color codes for easy reference:

Using MC Color Codes

Now that you’ve selected your color, you can start changing the text.

Changing text color for signs

1. Place a sign on the ground and enter the text editing mode.
2. Enter the section symbol followed by the color code.
3. Without adding extra space, enter your text.
4. If your text continues onto another line, re-enter the color code at the start of that line.

Example

§fThis is a test
§fsign

You can also apply bold, underline, and italic styles to text. They each require a code of their own and can be used with color codes.

Changing Chat Text Color

The same rules apply in chat. Choose your color code in Minecraft, go to the chat, and insert the § symbol before your text, also including your color code. It would look like this:

§5Hello!

This would show the word, “Hello!” in purple.

Note: Some servers disable colored chat for moderation reasons, so it may not always work online.

Minecraft Style codes

You can also make text bold, underlined, italic, or strikethrough:

Combining colors and styles works, too. For example, this will make bold white text:

§f§lsign text

Just like with colors, reapply the code at the start of every new line or it will default to black.

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