Here you can find the source of color(String s)
public static String color(String s)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w. ja va2s .co m*/ * Copyright (c) 2016 Lucko (Luck) <luck@lucko.me> * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. */ public class Main { public static String color(String s) { return translateAlternateColorCodes('&', s); } public static String translateAlternateColorCodes(char altColorChar, String textToTranslate) { // Stolen from Bukkit :> char[] b = textToTranslate.toCharArray(); for (int i = 0; i < b.length - 1; ++i) { if (b[i] == altColorChar && "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfKkLlMmNnOoRr".indexOf(b[i + 1]) > -1) { b[i] = 167; b[i + 1] = Character.toLowerCase(b[i + 1]); } } return new String(b); } }