# textArea component - changing font colour

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-changing-font-colour/35902>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 19, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-changing-font-colour/35902 "2003-11-19T11:39:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![j0se](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/j0se/32/44_2.png) [@j0se](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/j0se)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-changing-font-colour/35902/1 "2003-11-19T11:39:40Z")

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anyone know how to change the colour of the text inside the textArea component?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-changing-font-colour/35902/2 "2004-08-03T19:23:14Z")

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does this actually work for anyone using html=true?