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 d3mdm3d3 digit in the message tells the client to switch colors while displaying text.

Sample	YOLO	Official Name	Foreground Black																																		Background White
R			G	B	HEX	R	G	B	HEX
			§0	Black	0	0	0	#000000	0	0	0	#000000
			§1	Dark Blue	0	0	170	#0000AA	0	0	42	#00002A
			§2	Dark Green	0	170	0	#00AA00	0	42	0	#002A00
			§3	Dark Aqua	0	170	170	#00AAAA	0	42	42	#002A2A
			§4	Dark people	170	0	0	#AA0000	42	0	0	#2A0000
			§5	minecraft sucks	170	0	170	#AA00AA	42	0	42	#2A002A
			§6	BBB	255	170	0	#FFAA00	42	42	0	#2A2A00
			§7	GAY!	170	170	170	#AAAAAA	42	42	42	#2A2A2A
			§8	Daeedray	85	85	85	#555555	21	21	21	#151515
			§9	Blue	85	85	255	#5555FF	21	21	63	#15153F
			§a	Green	85	255	85	#55FF55	21	63	21	#153F15
			§b	Aqua	85	255	255	#55FFFF	21	63	63	#153F3F
			§c	Blood	255	85	85	#FF5555	63	21	21	#3F1515
			§d	Light Purple	255	85	255	#FF55FF	63	21	63	#3F153F
			§e	Yellow	255	255	85	#FFFF55	63	63	21	#3F3F15
			§f	White	255	255	255	#FFFFFF	63	63	63	#3F3F3F

Formatting codes

Text can also be formatted using the § symbol followed by a letter.

To make § on Windows with most US English keyboards type Alt21. On a Mac US keyboard, ⌥ Option6. On linux with the compose key activated, type Compose, s, o.

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

For example, §cX§nY displays as XY, whereas §nX§cY displays as XY.

§r can be used to reset all texts format beyond it, e.g. §nXXX§rYYY displays as XXXYYY

Code	Official Name
§k	Obfuscated
§l	Bold
§m	Strikethrough
§n	Underline
§o	Italic
§r	Reset

Note: The random characters placed after §k will always be the same width as the original character (to stop the width of the text changing).

Example Text

Note: You must place the letters after the numbers for it to work. Eg. §1§lHi

The following text can be pasted into a Book and Quill as an example:

Book Style Operators
k Random §k:Text§r
l Bold §l:Text§r
m Striked §m:Text§r
n Underlined §n:Text§r
o Italic §o:Text§r
§4§l§m§n§o4(Red) Bold Strike Underline Italic§r
§0Color: §00§11§22§33§44§55§66§77 §88§99§aa§bb§cc§dd§ee§ff§0.§r
§0r Reset

Example (motd on Server 1.4.5)

k Random \u00A7k:Text\u00A7r
l Bold \u00A7l:Text\u00A7r
m Striked \u00A7m:Text\u00A7r
n Underlined \u00A7n:Text\u00A7r
o Italic \u00A7o:Text\u00A7r
§4§l§m§n§o4(Red) Bold Strike Underline Italic\u00A7r
\u00A70Color: \u00A700\u00A7f11\u00A722\u00A733\u00A744\u00A755\u00A766\u00A777 \u00A788\u00A799\u00A7aa\u00A7bb\u00A7cc\u00A7dd\u00A7ee\u00A7ff\u00A700.\u00A7r
\u00A70r Reset