\usepackage[dvips]{color}after the
\documentclass
line but before
\begin{document}
.
\textcolor{
colorname}{
text}
writes text in a color which can be specified by name (black, white, red,
green, blue or a color name you've defined), RGB components, or
grayscale.
\colorbox{
colorname}{
text}
writes text in a box with a colored background.
\fcolorbox{
framecolor}{
boxcolor}{
text}
writes text in a colored frame.
\pagecolor{
colorname}
sets the color of
the page's background.
\definecolor{
colorname}{
color
specification}
lets you define new color names. \definecolor{gold}{rgb}{0.85,.66,0} This is in \textcolor{red}{red} and this box is \colorbox{gold}{gold}. Text color can be set using RGB values (\textcolor[rgb]{0,1,0}{like so}), or \textcolor[gray]{0.2}{shades} \textcolor[gray]{0.5}{of} \textcolor[gray]{0.8}{grey}.produces
This is in red and this box is . Text color can be set using RGB values (like so), or shades of grey.