When posting at AncientWorlds, you will notice, just above the large white "Body of Message" field where you type, there is a small white drop down menu. Click the small arrow beside it, and you will see the following options:

PLAIN
HTML
XHTML
XML

Choose the HTML option.

Now, you will learn to change the color of your text, by using the font tag. Font tag attributes modify your text. Here, we will change one attribute... color.

First, we will open the following link at Boogie Jack's.
Boogie Jack's Browser Color Names Chart

Next, scroll down the page until you see the color name "skyblue".

To make your text that color, close the gaps in the following code:

< font color = " skyblue " > Skyblue Text < / font >

When you post, it will look like this:
Skyblue Text

Here are some more examples:
< font color = " red " > Red Text < / font >
Red Text

< font color = " chartreuse " > Chartreuse Text < / font >
Chartreuse Text

< font color = " blueviolet " > Blueviolet Text < / font >
Blueviolet Text

You will notice that I always try to remember to close my font tag. The closing font tag is < / font > . Why close the font tag? It's good Netiquette. Your font won't dribbly drool all over the rest of the page. And when you leave a message at a friend's home, member messages that follow yours won't have your font color imposed on them.