Formatting codes

Text in Minecraft can be formatted with the section sign (§).

Color codes

Hex digit to color mapping. Use § followed by the corresponding color letter/number; e.g. §a will give you bright green.

Messages sent from the server to the client can contain color codes, which allow coloring of text for various purposes.

A section sign (&) followed by a hex digit in the message tells the client to switch colors while displaying text.

It is important to note that a § at the end of a message that is not followed by a hex digit will crash all clients that receive it, so it is a must to sanitize chat messages received from clients.

Also, &k will give a bit of scrolling text, which is used in a Splash and the End Poem.

Also &l &m &n and &o creates bold, striked, underlined and italic text, respectively, while &r resets any set states.

Sample	Code	Common Name	Foreground Color				Background Color
			R	G	B	HEX	R	G	B	HEX
	&0	Black	0	0	0	#000	0	0	0	#000000
	&1	Dark Blue	0	0	170	#00A	0	0	42	#00002A
	&2	Dark Green	0	170	0	#0A0	0	42	0	#002A00
	&3	Dark Aqua	0	170	170	#0AA	0	42	42	#002A2A
	&4	Dark Red	170	0	0	#A00	42	0	0	#2A0000
	&5	Purple	170	0	170	#A0A	42	0	42	#2A002A
	&6	Gold	255	170	0	#FA0	42	42	0	#2A2A00
	&7	Grey	170	170	170	#AAA	42	42	42	#2A2A2A
	&8	Dark Grey	85	85	85	#555	21	21	21	#151515
	&9	Indigo	85	85	255	#55F	21	21	63	#15153F
	&a	Bright Green	85	255	85	#5F5	21	63	21	#153F15
	&b	Aqua	85	255	255	#5FF	21	63	63	#153F3F
	&c	Red	255	85	85	#F55	63	21	21	#3F1515
	&d	Pink	255	85	255	#F5F	63	21	63	#3F153F
	&e	Yellow	255	255	85	#FF5	63	63	21	#3F3F15
	&f	White	255	255	255	#FFF	63	63	63	#3F3F3F

Formatting codes

Text can also be formatted using the & symbol and then a letter.

If a color code is used after a formatting code, the formatting code will be disabled beyond the color code point.

Example

&cX&nY (&c X &n Y)

Would be seen as: XY, where as

&nX&cY (&n X &c Y)

Would be seen as: XY

&r can be used to reset all texts format beyond it.

Eg: &nXXX&rYYY, would be seen as: XXXYYY

Code	Common Name
&k	Random
&l	Bold
&m	Strike
&n	Underlined
&o	Italics
&r	Reset