These let you change the appearance of text, making it bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough, or obfuscated. You can change the colors within the same text input, for example, you could write:īesides changing colors with color codes, you also have access to a range of formatting options thanks to the formatting codes. To change the color back to the original, insert “§r” to reset to the text’s default color, reverting away from the desired color given with the code. That said, it only works in Bedrock edition, with Java edition you will need to use mods.įor example, if you type “§4 hello” the text will appear in dark red, any other specified color. This works in vanilla Minecraft, no mods rquired! In most text situations, the color and format codes are applied by putting a section sign (§) with the color code before your tag. (We’ll explain the different places in more detail later). These colors and effects can be applied to any text component. Using Minecraft color codes is an easy way to bring some spice to your text in game.