String.prototype.fontcolor()

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The fontcolor() method creates a <font> HTML element that causes a string to be displayed in the specified font color.

Note: The <font> element has been removed in HTML5 and shouldn't be used anymore. Instead web developers should use CSS properties.

Syntax

fontcolor(color)

Parameters

color: A string expressing the color as a hexadecimal RGB triplet or as a string literal. String literals for color names are listed in the CSS color reference.

Return value

A string containing a <font> HTML element.

Description

If you express color as a hexadecimal RGB triplet, you must use the format rrggbb. For example, the hexadecimal RGB values for salmon are red=FA, green=80, and blue=72, so the RGB triplet for salmon is "FA8072".

Examples

Using fontcolor()

The following example uses the fontcolor() method to change the color of a string by producing a string with the HTML <font> element.

var worldString = 'Hello, world';

console.log(worldString.fontcolor('red') +  ' is red in this line');
// '<font color="red">Hello, world</font> is red in this line'

console.log(worldString.fontcolor('FF00') + ' is red in hexadecimal in this line');
// '<font color="FF00">Hello, world</font> is red in hexadecimal in this line'

With the element.style object you can get the element's style attribute and manipulate it more generically, for example:

document.getElementById('yourElemId').style.color = 'red';

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification (ECMAScript) # sec-string.prototype.fontcolor

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`fontcolor`	1	12	1	3	3	1	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0