How to Do Colors in IRC

IRC is a chat room protocol.

Internet relay chat (IRC) is a protocol that supports chat room-style instant messaging for groups of users. Users can connect to different public servers, which host groups and chat rooms. The IRC protocol also supports features, such as file transfer. A client, such as X-Chat, is needed to use the protocol. The software accepts commands that allow for bold, colored, italics and underlined text. These functions can be triggered by hotkeys.

Instructions

1. Open the IRC client application. X-Chat is a free IRC client.

2. Join a chat room. Do this by double-clicking on a server from the list and then double-clicking on a chat group. The location of these lists will vary slightly between software clients, but should be readily viewable.

3. Place the cursor into the typing box and press "Control" and "K" at the same time.

4. Type a number from 1 to 16 and press "Enter." A list of numbers correlating to colors is available in the references section. The text will now appear in the selected color.

References

• IRC Information: Introduction to Colors