Gradient text
A server name, an announcement or a rank in a gradient of two to four colours. The same text comes out in the five formats plugins read: pick the one for your chat plugin or your proxy.
Welcome to CubeCraft
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EssentialsX, LuckPerms, most chat plugins (1.16+).
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MiniMessage
Paper, Velocity and recent plugins: the server computes the gradient.
<bold><gradient:#FF5A5A:#FFB347>Welcome to CubeCraft</gradient></bold>
Spigot's &x
The native format of Spigot and BungeeCord.
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JSON
For /tellraw, books and datapacks.
{"text":"","extra":[{"text":"W","color":"#FF5A5A","bold":true},{"text":"e","color":"#FF5F59","bold":true},{"text":"l","color":"#FF6358","bold":true},{"text":"c","color":"#FF6857","bold":true},{"text":"o","color":"#FF6D56","bold":true},{"text":"m","color":"#FF7155","bold":true},{"text":"e ","color":"#FF7654","bold":true},{"text":"t","color":"#FF7F52","bold":true},{"text":"o ","color":"#FF8451","bold":true},{"text":"C","color":"#FF8E4F","bold":true},{"text":"u","color":"#FF924E","bold":true},{"text":"b","color":"#FF974D","bold":true},{"text":"e","color":"#FF9C4C","bold":true},{"text":"C","color":"#FFA04B","bold":true},{"text":"r","color":"#FFA54A","bold":true},{"text":"a","color":"#FFAA49","bold":true},{"text":"f","color":"#FFAE48","bold":true},{"text":"t","color":"#FFB347","bold":true}]}Classic colours
Servers before 1.16: the closest shade, per segment.
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