To colorize a text on the wiki page a special command is provided. The command set text style (don't confuse with page styles). A common command format is %parameters%text to colorize%%. The command may be applied to text block (block style) or text inside paragraph (inline style).

A block style applied with command format:

%style parameters%
text to colorize
%%

It is important to strings %style parameters% and %% starts with a begin of the line. There should not be any gaps before them.

A inline style applied with command format:

a text... %style parameters%text to colorize%% other text...


Inside the string command % ...% ... %% there should not be line breaks except for the command [[<<]] . A block style can contain many lines and paragraphs.

A both style formats may contain follows parameters:


1. Style name.
2. Text color.
3. Background color.
4. Custom style settings.
5. All of the above.

1. Style name. OutWiker have a lot of the built-in inline and block styles. List of the styles you can see in the dialog to select style (menu item "Wiki - Font - Text style...") or in the section Built-in styles and colors. For example:

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %notice%A text with a notice style.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. A text with a notice style. A simple text again.


2. Text color. Instead of style name you can set text color by color name or with follows formats (like HTML and CSS): #RRGGBB, #RGB, rgb(r,g,b). Built-in color names is described in the section Built-in colors. For example:

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %blue%A blue text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. A blue text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %#A2F%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %#15acac%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

You can set text color with a color parameter":

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %color=blue%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %color=#A2F%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %color=#15acac%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %color="rgb(200, 90, 128)"%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

3. Background color. There are several options to set background color for string or part of the string.

To set background color for one of the standard named colors (see section Built-in colors) you can write color name with a "bg_" or "bg-" prefix. For example:

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %bg-yellow%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %bg_aqua%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

To set background color you can use a bgcolor parameter. The parameter allow you set background color by name or use one of formats: #RGB, #RRGGBB or rgb(r,g,b). For example:

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %bgcolor="#AB6"%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %bgcolor="#AA66CC"%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %bgcolor="rgb(200, 90, 128)"%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.


4. Custom style settings. You can apply arbitrary style from CSS with a style parameter. For example:

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %style="font-weight: bold; border: 1px; solid"%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.


5. All of the above. You can use all of the above parameters simultaneously. And you can apply several styles to text. For example:

Wiki notation:
A simple text. %style="blue bg-yellow font-weight: bold; border: 1px; solid"%Colorized text.%% A simple text again.

Result:
A simple text. Colorized text. A simple text again.