🎨Chat Formatting & Colors

LPC Pro provides rich text formatting support for chat messages, including legacy color codes, MiniMessage tags, hex colors, and gradients.

Color Codes

Legacy & Codes

Code	Color	Code	Formatting
&0	Black	&l	Bold
&1	Dark Blue	&m	Strikethrough
&2	Dark Green	&n	Underline
&3	Dark Aqua	&o	Italic
&4	Dark Red	&r	Reset
&5	Dark Purple
&6	Gold
&7	Gray
&8	Dark Gray
&9	Blue
&a	Green
&b	Aqua
&c	Red
&d	Light Purple
&e	Yellow
&f	White

Hex Colors

Two formats are supported:

• &#FF5555 — Ampersand hex format

• <#FF5555> — Angle-bracket hex format

Example: &#FF5555Hello produces red-colored "Hello".

MiniMessage Format

LPC Pro supports the full MiniMessage syntax:

Tag	Example	Result
<red>	<red>text</red>	Red text
<bold>	<bold>text</bold>	Bold text
<italic>	<italic>text</italic>	Italic text
<gradient>	<gradient:red:gold>text</gradient>	Red-to-gold gradient
<rainbow>	<rainbow>text</rainbow>	Rainbow text
<hover>	<hover:show_text:'tooltip'>text</hover>	Hover tooltip
<click>	<click:suggest_command:'/msg '>text</click>	Click action

Player Permissions

Player access to formatting in chat messages is controlled by group settings and permissions:

Group-Based (advanced/groups.yml)

Setting	What It Controls
can-use-colors	Legacy & color codes (e.g., &a, &b)
can-use-formatting	Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough (&l, &o, &n, &m)
can-use-gradients	Gradient and rainbow formatting

Permission-Based

Permission	Description
lpcpro.message.formatting	Bypass all individual format permissions
lpcpro.message.*	Access to all MiniMessage tags
lpcpro.color.<color>	Use a specific color (e.g., lpcpro.color.red)
lpcpro.color.*	Access to all colors
lpcpro.color.hex	Use hex colors

Available Color Permissions

Each named color has its own permission node:

lpcpro.color.black, lpcpro.color.dark_blue, lpcpro.color.dark_green, lpcpro.color.dark_aqua, lpcpro.color.dark_red, lpcpro.color.dark_purple, lpcpro.color.gold, lpcpro.color.gray, lpcpro.color.dark_gray, lpcpro.color.blue, lpcpro.color.green, lpcpro.color.aqua, lpcpro.color.red, lpcpro.color.light_purple, lpcpro.color.yellow, lpcpro.color.white

Chat Color GUI

Players can select their preferred chat color through the GUI:

/color

This opens an inventory GUI where players can click to select their default message color. Only colors they have permission for are available.

Permission: lpcpro.color