How Can I Color Text In Github's Flavoured Markdown?

I am trying to color a block of text which needs to be included in an article in a Git repository which is accessible to people. I am trying to color a word to bring the desired ef

Solution 1:

There is no such feature available right now. An alternative could be to color it in blue using links:

# 2014, The year of [Blue](#)

That would create the following output:

If you really want to have another color, another alternative is to use an image (e.g. like this one).

Then you can include it like below:

# 2014, Theyearof ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2864371/10368192/cad27ed0-6ddc-11e5-8150-4f9c14ab9602.png)