Text Formatting

Text formatting codes are used to create fancy colorized text, they are prefixed with a grave symbol `. After using a formatting code such as `o (italic), it has to be reset, otherwise it will continue until the end of the text.

info

Some older maps may use the deprecated § section symbol to specify formatting codes. This symbol should be avoided in favor of the ` grave symbol wherever possible for all new maps.

Examples

<item name="`iFrozen `rWater" material="snowball"/>
<line>This is one of three of `9Blue Team`r's victory monuments.</line>
<item name="`1Blue `4Red `rNone" material="book"/>

Chat Colors

ID	Color Name	ID	Color Name
0	BLACK	8	DARK_GRAY
1	DARK_BLUE	9	BLUE
2	DARK_GREEN	a	GREEN
3	DARK_AQUA	b	AQUA
4	DARK_RED	c	RED
5	DARK_PURPLE	d	LIGHT_PURPLE
6	GOLD	e	YELLOW
7	GRAY	f	WHITE

Text Styles

ID	Function
k	MAGIC
l	BOLD
m	STRIKETHROUGH
n	UNDERLINE
o	ITALIC
r	RESET

The magic formatter will convert all the text after it into a scrambled, constantly changing mess of letters.

note

Reset (`r) will clear all previous color and text styles after a specified length in a text line.

To have a line all italic and one word red you will have to to do the following.

<!-- Everything is italic and the word "italic" is also red -->
<line>`oThis is an `citalic `r`otext with a single red word.</line>

Copied from: bukkit docs - Chat Color