How to make colored text on Discord

How to make colored text on Discord

In this simple guide we will teach you how to make colored text on Discord by using code blocks with language specific formatting to make your text have color. Discord doesn't have native support for making your text colored but it does use markdown for formatting, with a little work we can use codeblocks with language specific formatting to create colored text in your Discord messages.

Changing text color on Discord

To get started enter ```text``` in the message form and press enter, this is the most basic of codeblocks available on Discord and the text color should be white.

Orange Color

To make your text orange, you can use codeblocks formatting in fix, to do that take a look at the example code.```fix This text color will be orange ```

Teal Color

To give your message a teal color, use codeblocks formatting in yaml, to do that take a look at the example code.```yaml This text color will be teal ```

Red, green & gray

To give your message red, green or gray colors, use codeblocks formatted in diff, you can use + to make it green or - to make it red. ```diff + This text color will be green - This text color will be red ```

Green and blue

To give your message green or blue colors, use codeblocks formatted in css, you can use . to make it blue and the rest of the time it will be green ```css This text color will be .blue and the rest will be green ```

Color FAQ

Can you color text in Discord?

You can only color text in Discord using markdown codeblocks.

Can you use custom colors in Discord?

You can only use colors that are available in the markdown codeblocks.

Conclusion

Now you know how to make text in Discord have color formatting using code blocks! Go try it out and impress your friends with the new tricks you've learned.

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