The "this command will do:"s are not that accurate, so do it yourself. (I'm too lazy to add the pictures.) To use colors in singleplayer, you will have to use the tellraw command (/tellraw) However, instead of /tellraw @a "text", you will have to use the /tellraw @a {text:"text"} format. The command above will do: text (in white) To add colors, do /tellraw @a {text:"text",color:dark_red} . to change the color, change the dark_red to green, red, gold, or any other Minecraft color. To add bold, or italic, do /tellraw @a {text:"text",color:dark_red,bold:true,italic:true} . You do not have to add the ",[color] . this command will do: Text To get "Magic" (&k) you have to do this: /tellraw @a {text:"text",obfuscated:true} If you want to add multiple colors on the same line, do this: /tellraw @p ["",{"text":"Text "},{"text":"Text ","bold":true},{"text":"Text\n","color":dark_red}] But I am not sure if that will work. Try going to planetminecraft or something to find out. You might want to use command blocks if the commands are too long. (to get command blocks, do /give [Your Name] minecraft:command_block ) If you want to get colored text in a book, Get a book and quill, write in it, and copy and paste a section sign ( § ) into it. Your cursor thing should be invisible. Then type in the desired color code (https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=minecraft+color+codes) Then, type in your text, and you will now have colored text in books This works on multiplayer servers, including Mineverse. This is good for applying for staff in new servers, that have no forums. But how do you make it do something that when you hover over it, or click it, it does something? Don't ask me, because I am not that advanced in commands. For those things, I usually use a minecraft JSON Generator (that also works for books, signs, etc). The site is: http://www.minecraftjson.com./ I hope this helps! ;)
Thanks for the Info, really needed this for my books on Creative, making a god/head/banner shop, you see.