User's Guide Working With Text Objects Formatting Text Objects Defining the Font Color for Text Defining the Font Color for Text To define the font color for text: Open a report and select the text in a text box. With the text selected, do one of the following: Click the arrow next to the color grid, and then select a color. In the box next to the color grid, type in a hex value (without the # prefix). Hex values can be entered in both the short RGB format and the long RRGGBB format.