Custom Colors in Notion

You will learn how to color your texts and their backgrounds in any color in this tutorial

There are two ways to specify colors:

1. as predefined LaTeX colors like BlueViolet (see color chart here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Colors),
2. specifying their Hex-codes, like #DFE612 (you can choose a color, for example, here: https://www.google.com/search?q=color+picker)

How to add colors?

1. Add an Inline equation block or select text or part of it and turn it into an equation.
2. Enclose the text in curly braces. The spaces in the text will disappear.
3. Add \colorbox{White} before the text. This will make the words separate again.
4. To change the font color, for example, to the predefined BlueViolet, write color{BlueViolet} before the text.
5. Let’s change the background color to #DFE612. Go to \colorbox, delete White and paste DFE612 instead.
6. In the end, do not forget to click on Done; otherwise, the changes will not be saved.
7. Because you are working with an equation, the font has changed.
8. Color names can be processed incorrectly, so it’s better to use Hex encoding.

\color{BlueViolet} \colorbox{DFE612} {Colored line of text}

How to wrap lines?

1. For clarity of the code, you can transfer commands to different lines, and this will not affect the appearance of your text. To move the code, press Shift + Enter

\color{BlueViolet}
\colorbox{DFE612} {Colored line of text}

2. How to wrap lines? To do this, the first and all subsequent lines must be explicitly written in curly braces, with a separate property colorbox and separated by \\:

\color{BlueViolet}
\colorbox{DFE612} {Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong line} \\ 
\colorbox{DFE612} {Another veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong line}

Single color stripe

If you want to make a single color stripe:

1. Just write the text of the required length
2. Change both the background color and the color of the text itself to the desired

\color{d30000} 
\colorbox{d30000}{------------------------------------------------------------}

Usage in text blocks

You can insert colored text into any text properties that allow equations: titles, quotes, lists, and so on.

1. Create the required block, such as a toggle heading or a quote
2. Select all or part of the text, turn it into an equation and change its color using the color and colorbox commands