Rainbow Highlight
norman-lawyer83 downloadsBeautiful multi-color text highlighting with a quick color palette popup.
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A beautiful multi-color text highlighting plugin for Obsidian.
Select any text and instantly apply highlights from a quick color palette popup — just like highlighting in a real book.
Features
- Quick Color Palette — Select text and a floating color picker appears instantly
- 6 Vibrant Colors — Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Purple, Orange
- Format Preserving — Works with bold, italic, strikethrough text
- Remove Highlight — One-click to remove any highlight
- Dark Mode Support — Colors adapt to light and dark themes
- Command Palette — Each color also available as a command for keyboard shortcuts
How to Use
- Select any text in your note
- A color palette popup appears near your selection
- Click a color to apply the highlight
- Click ✕ to remove an existing highlight
Installation
From Obsidian Community Plugins
- Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse
- Search for Rainbow Highlight
- Click Install, then Enable
Manual Installation
- Download
main.js,manifest.json, andstyles.cssfrom the latest release - Create a folder
rainbow-highlightin your vault's.obsidian/plugins/directory - Copy the three files into that folder
- Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins
Colors
| Color | Preview |
|---|---|
| Yellow | |
| Green | |
| Blue | |
| Pink | |
| Purple | |
| Orange |
License
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About
Highlight selected text with a floating color palette and choose from six colors that adapt to light and dark themes. Preserve bold, italic, and strikethrough formatting, remove highlights with one click, and access each color via the command palette.Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
Last month
Created
Last month
Updates
1 release
Downloads
83
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT