diff --git a/src/main/java/ChatGUI.java b/src/main/java/ChatGUI.java
index 0781edc..3651223 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ChatGUI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ChatGUI.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.Toolkit;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ public class ChatGUI implements ActionListener {
         colors.add(blue);
         colors.add(green);
         
+        red.addActionListener(this);
+        blue.addActionListener(this);
+        black.addActionListener(this);
+        green.addActionListener(this);
+        
         exit.addActionListener(this);
         
         bar.add(menu);
@@ -86,6 +92,16 @@ public class ChatGUI implements ActionListener {
             String inputText = inputTextField.getText();
             outputTextArea.append(inputText + "\n");
             inputTextField.setText("");
+		}
+        if (e.getSource() == red) {
+    	    	outputTextArea.setForeground(Color.RED);
+    	    }
+            if (e.getSource() == blue) {
+    		    	outputTextArea.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
+    	    	}else if (e.getSource() == black) {
+    			    	outputTextArea.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
+    	    	}   	else if (e.getSource() == green) {
+    				    	outputTextArea.setForeground(Color.GREEN);
 
 	}