Above where you write the text, there should Be something that looks like this: A If you click that, it comes up with a list of colours you can use.
Sorry, not sure how to do that on my iPhone so I'll explain it as well as possible. So, there is the white box surrounded by a light blue line. This is where you type the message. Above this box, attached to the blue line, there will be a row of letters and symbols. This is what it looks like: B I U A A(arrows) Click the one that looks like this: A