# Setting Colour in Text component

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-colour-in-text-component/47549>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [May 14, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-colour-in-text-component/47549 "2025-05-14T04:10:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![majobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@majobo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/majobo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-colour-in-text-component/47549/1 "2025-05-14T04:10:26Z")

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Hi,  
I am having trouble setting a custom text colour in the text component. When selecting a block of text, setting font type, font size and built in colours works, but selecting a custom colour doesn’t, the text just remains black.  
Rgds, Matthias

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**Author:** ![majobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@majobo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/majobo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-colour-in-text-component/47549/2 "2025-05-14T04:13:55Z")

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same in the Typography component btw.

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**Author:** ![pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@pumpkin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/pumpkin)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-colour-in-text-component/47549/3 "2025-05-14T08:32:30Z")

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Never used custom colours before, so had to try it. And yeah, I can confirm that. Looks like a bug to me. @dan / @ben to the rescue 😉

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-colour-in-text-component/47549/4 "2025-05-14T11:43:19Z")

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Thanks for the report! We’ve managed to recreate the issue here and a fix should make it into the next build 🎉

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-colour-in-text-component/47549/5 "2025-05-15T16:10:35Z")

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@majobo, @pumpkin, This should now be fixed in Today’s [new build (0.8.5)](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-0-8-5-23567/47582/1) 😊