Users playing in multiplayer Quake 3 may want to change the color of their online aliases. This requires that the user insert special characters. For example, if a user wanted their name to be blue they would type ^4name as their name.

  • Enter “Setup”
  • Select “Player”
  • In the name field, type the name you want to use with the color codes. Below, you’ll find is a list of each color’s number.

0 = Black1 = Red2 = Green3 = Yellow4 = Blue5 = Light blue6 = Pink7 = White

While in the game, to change your name color use the “/name” command from the console (accessed by pressing the ~ (tilde) key).

  • See our color and game definition for further information and related links on this term.