[How to] Use colors in lua scripting

Hey guys today i will post a good thing for lua coders want to make colored message.
(not with ^1…)

Colors:
~r~ = Red
~b~ = Blue
~g~ = Green
~y~ = Yellow
~p~ = Purple
~c~ = Grey
~m~ = Dark Grey
~u~ = Black
~o~ = Orange

Special:
~n~ = New line
~s~ = Reset Color
~h~ = Bold text

For notification:
∑ = Rockstar Icon
÷ = Rockstar Icon
¦ = Rockstar Verified Icon

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Is it possible to change the font size as well? (I am not familiar with lua)

@DevoutRain2500 Currently in the chat, no. Or you can rewrite the chat resource.

Awesome, here’s an example:
Text colors example
Input string: ∑÷¦~r~r ~b~b ~g~g ~y~y ~p~p ~c~gr ~m~d gr ~u~bl ~o~or ~s~re ~n~nl ~h~Bold

For some reason, the ÷ doesn’t seem to be doing anything special, other than looking slightly bold.

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^1 hi my name is crystal and I like chicken

How can I assign colors in the “User and Admin” lines?
I tried to put (~ r ~, ~ s ~, ~ u ~) colors but they did not work.

– Hooking into chat messages to insert admin tags.
AddEventHandler(‘chatMessageEntered’, function(name, color, message)
CancelEvent()

local tag = "^whiteUser ^black| ^gray"

if(Users[source] ~= nil)then
	if(tonumber(Users[source].admin) > 0)then
		tag = "^redAdmin ^black| ^gray"
	end
end

TriggerEvent('chatMessage', source, tag .. GetPlayerName(source), message)

TriggerClientEvent('chatMessage', -1, tag .. GetPlayerName(source), {0, 0x99, 255}, message)

print(GetPlayerName(source) .. ': ' .. message)

end)

Test with color codes ^1 - ^9, only black, white and gray do not work.

Does anyone know what codes work with white, black and gray in .lua script?

^0 is white. Not sure of the others.

0 is based off the message color. So 0 can be red if your rgb is 255,0,0

If indeed I have tried ^0 but it does not work.

My bad then. Didn’t know that. I never change the color aside from using the ^1-9

It’s all good. Just thought others should know. I spent about 3 hours trying to figure it out only to find out that 0 did that.

Set the RGB to the gray color you want then use ^0

I configured it but now everything is gray. What codes do I use for black color and white color?

local tag = "^whiteUser ^black| ^"

if(Users[source] ~= nil)then
	if(tonumber(Users[source].admin) > 0)then
		tag = "^1Admin ^black| ^"
	end
end

TriggerEvent('chatMessage', source, tag .. GetPlayerName(source), message)

TriggerClientEvent('chatMessage', -1, tag .. GetPlayerName(source), {128, 128, 128}, message)

print(GetPlayerName(source) .. ': ' .. message)

end)

Use ^0 and change the color to the color you want. ^0 goes to the RGB color you set when sending the message

I’m sorry, I’m new to this. You can configure the lines of “User” and “Admin” as an example please.

local tag = "^whiteUser ^black| ^gray"

if(Users[source] ~= nil)then
	if(tonumber(Users[source].admin) > 0)then
		tag = "^redAdmin ^black| ^gray"
	end
end

TriggerEvent('chatMessage', source, tag .. GetPlayerName(source), message)

TriggerClientEvent('chatMessage', -1, tag .. GetPlayerName(source), {0, 0x99, 255}, message)

print(GetPlayerName(source) .. ': ' .. message)

end)

Are these colors correct?

^1 = red
^2 = green
^3 = yellow
^4 = blue
^5 = CYAN
^6 = Pink
^7 = white
^8 is a color that changes depending what level you are on.
American maps = Dark Green
Russian maps = Dark red/marroon
British maps = Dark Blue
^9 = gray
^0= black
^c = Blandishbeige

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^0 is based on the RGB of the message sent

riggerClientEvent(‘chatMessage’, -1, tag … GetPlayerName(source), {0,0,0} , message) – Would be white

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Ok bro I got it thanks. But it seems to me that RGB {0,0,0} is black, not white