Color Code Generator

1. Type or paste your message into the text box.
2. Click a color swatch to insert its code (for example &a for green), then keep typing — everything after the code takes that color.
3. Add formatting such as &l (bold) or &o (italic), and use &r to reset back to normal.
4. Choose the & or § output style depending on where you are pasting the code, then hit Copy.

Minecraft has 16 built-in text colors, each mapped to a hex digit (0–9 and a–f). The table below lists every code alongside its exact hex value so you can match your palette elsewhere.

• &l — Bold: thickens the text.
• &o — Italic: slants the text.
• &n — Underline.
• &m — Strikethrough.
• &k — Obfuscated: rapidly scrambles characters (great for "loading" or hidden text effects).
• &r — Reset: clears all colors and styles that came before it.

Formatting stacks with color, so &c&l produces bold red text. Order matters in some contexts: apply the color first, then the style.

Both forms represent the same thing. The ampersand (&) form is easier to type and is what most plugins expect — Essentials chat, LuckPerms prefixes, sign plugins and config files. The game itself uses the section sign (§, unicode U+00A7) internally, which is what you need in books, command output and server.properties.

Use the toggle in the tool to switch between them instantly. If a plugin shows the raw code instead of a color, it usually expects the opposite prefix.