Minecraft Color Codes

Minecraft Color Codes is a cheatsheet and live preview for classic & and § formatting used in chat, signs, scoreboards, plugins, and many server configs.

Type text with ampersand codes such as &a for green or &l for bold, watch a colored preview update instantly, then convert between & and § and copy the result. Click any code in the sheet to insert it at the cursor so you do not need to memorize the hex-style letter map.

Use it when writing MOTD lines, kit names, hologram text, or plugin messages that still accept legacy color codes. The tool stays in your browser and does not upload your draft text.

What Minecraft Color Codes does

Maps formatting codes to a readable preview and convertible output.

• Full cheatsheet for colors 0-f and formats k l m n o r
• Both & and § forms shown for each code
• Live preview with common Minecraft-like colors
• Convert & to § and § back to &
• Copy raw section-sign text or ampersand-formatted text
• Click-to-insert helpers at the textarea cursor

Who Minecraft Color Codes is for

• Server admins editing chat prefixes and join messages
• Builders styling signs and holograms with legacy codes
• Plugin and datapack authors checking readable color sequences
• Players drafting colored nicknames before pasting in-game

How to use Minecraft Color Codes

1. Open Minecraft Color Codes on beeforge.dev.
2. Type or paste text using & codes (or paste § text and convert).
3. Click codes in the cheatsheet to insert them quickly.
4. Check the dark preview pane for approximate in-game colors.
5. Convert to § when your target expects section signs.
6. Copy raw or ampersand output and paste into chat, config, or MOTD tools.

Features

• Side-by-side editor and preview
• Format stacking (bold plus color, and so on)
• Reset code support via &r
• Related path into MOTD and give-command tools

Examples

• &6&lSERVER &r&eSurvival for a gold bold title plus yellow subtitle word.
• &cWarning: &7PVP enabled for a red label and gray body.
• Convert a plugin message that arrived with § into editable & form.

Tips and limits

• Preview colors are approximate; exact shades depend on the client resource pack.
• Hex and JSON adventure components are outside this legacy-code tool.
• Some Bedrock UIs ignore certain format codes; test on your platform.
• Obfuscated (&k) is shown with reduced opacity rather than a full scramble animation.

Related tools

• Minecraft MOTD Generator to build server list lines with color helpers.
• Minecraft Give Command Generator for Java /give lines with names and lore.
• Discord Timestamp for event times you announce beside colored MOTD text.

FAQ

What is the difference between & and §?

They encode the same classic color map. Many plugins accept & in configs and convert to § internally. Chat and some files expect the section sign directly.

Will this work with MiniMessage or adventure components?

This tool targets legacy & / § codes. Modern MiniMessage tags are a different format.

Is my text uploaded?

No. Preview and conversion run in your browser.

Can I embed the tool?

Use the [beeforge_minecraft_color_codes] shortcode on BeeForge WordPress pages after the module is registered.