Changing the color of text!

Adding Color with BBCode:

Everyone wants their posts to be as unique and creative as they are.  So why not increase your individuality by throwing a splash of color into your posts and cbox messages as well. Both Proboards and Cbox recognize BBCode editing for our posts and chat messages.  So for example: If you wanted your text to appear as lime. You would use the two codes listed below surrounding the text you wanted changed.  

[color=lime][/color]

This is incredibly useful to make your characters dialogue pop out from the rest of the text, even more so, than the use of bold or italics effect changes.  Also, as most of us are writing as multiple characters under one account; using a different color for each character can be exceptionally useful as occasionally we have more than one of our own characters in the same post.  Using color can and will help distinguish the dialogue of our individual characters within a single post.

Below, is a list of colors entered into a table to give everyone quick ideas about possible colors to use.  Alternatively, if you have become accustomed to using the color selection tool from the editing options, you can use the hex value displayed there within the code listed above instead of a colorname.

steelblue	royalblue	cornflowerblue	lightsteelblue	mediumslateblue
slateblue	darkslateblue	midnightblue	navy	darkblue
mediumblue	blue	dodgerblue	deepskyblue	lightskyblue
skyblue	lightblue	powderblue	azure	lightcyan
paleturquoise	mediumturqoise	lightseagreen	darkcyan	teal
cadetblue	darkturquoise	aqua	cyan	turquoise
aquamarine	mediumaquamarine	darkseagreen	mediumseagreen	seagreen
darkgreen	green	forestgreen	limegreen	lime
chartreuse	lawngreen	greenyellow	yellowgreen	palegreen
lightgreen	springgreen	mediumspringgreen	darkolivegreen	olivedrab
olive	darkkhaki	darkgoldenrod	goldenrod	gold
yellow	khaki	palegoldenrod	blanchedalmond	moccasin
wheat	navajowhite	burlywood	tan	rosybrown
sienna	saddlebrown	chocolate	peru	sandybrown
darkred	maroon	brown	firebrick	indianred
lightcoral	salmon	darksalmon	lightsalmon	coral
tomato	darkorange	orange	orangered	crimson
red	deeppink	fuchsia	magenta	hotpink
lightpink	pink	palevioletred	mediumvioletred	purple
darkmagenta	mediumpurple	blueviolet	indigo	darkviolet
darkorchid	mediumorchid	orchid	violet	plum
thistle	lavender	ghostwhite	aliceblue	mintcream
honeydew	lightgoldenrodyellow	lemonchiffon	cornsilk	lightyellow
ivory	floralwhite	linen	oldlace	antiquewhite
bisque	peachpuff	papayawhip	beige	seashell
lavenderblush	mistyrose	snow	white	whitesmoke
gainsboro	lightgrey	silver	darkgray	gray
lightslategray	slategray	dimgray	darkslategray	black

Notes:

Even though the Proboards accepts BBCode, you'll find that when you switch back and forth between the preview and BBCode edit views, that the color code editing has changed into this: 

[font color="lime"][/font]

Just leave it as it is as the site will always change the BBCode to the code listed above.  However, this font color format isn't accepted into the Cbox.  Hopefully, everyone can find this useful and give yourselves an added uniqueness to your posting.

One last thing: If you decide to use colors, it would be beneficial to include your character's name and chosen character color within your profile signature, or on your account profile page for quick referencing for others to use your color changes easily.  

This is awesome and super helpful! Thank you for adding this.