# Colors & Placeholders

## Colors

**All** messages sent to the players, including also the configuration ones, can use color formatting.

### Default colors

You can use the usual colors of Minecraft by using the `&`.

> Example:
>
> "&3Hello world!"
>
> This will display the sentence 'Hello world!' in cyan.

### Hex colors

The plug-in offers you the possibility to use also hex colors, to do that use the format `!#000000!`.

### Gradient colors

If you want to color a sentence which starts with a color and progressively becomes another by using hex colors, you have to use the following format: `!#000000>!`*Some words*`!#ffffff<!`.

## Placeholders

WorstBroadcaster provides a variety of placeholders which have the purpose to use your broadcasts in various ways.

### Actionbar

If you want to send a broadcast in the action-bar section of the player you just have to put **`!actionbar!`** at the beginning of the message.

### Title

Instead if you prefer to send broadcasts as a title message you can easily do this by putting **`!title!`** at the beginning of the message.

In case you want to change the duration of the *fadeIn*, *stay* or *fadeOut* title's phase just put **`!in:<ticks>!`**, **`!stay:<ticks>!`** or **`!out:<ticks>!`** (where *\<ticks>* is an integer) wherever you want inside the message.

To split the message in title and subtitle use **`\n`**.

### Permission

The permission placeholder has a major priority in broadcasts, to use it you have to put **`!perm:<permission>!`** at the start of the message so it will be sent only if the player has the permission *\<permission>*.

{% hint style="info" %}
If you want to send an action-bar or title message using also the permission placeholder put <mark style="color:blue;">`!perm:<permission>!`</mark> at the <mark style="color:blue;">**start**</mark> and <mark style="color:purple;">**immediately after**</mark> <mark style="color:purple;">`!actionbar!`</mark> or<mark style="color:purple;">`!title!`</mark>.
{% endhint %}

### PlaceholderAPI

All the broadcasts supports [PlaceholderAPI](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/placeholderapi.6245/) placeholders.