[MC-181418] Entity names can no longer be colored

The bug

Entity names can no longer be colored. They are now displayed in white. This applies to multiplayer and singleplayer.

How to reproduce

/summon cow ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:'{"text":"blah","color":"green"}',CustomNameVisible:1b}

→ ❌ The name is white, not green

Linked issues

is duplicated by 5

MC-181670 Entity Name color doesn't work Resolved

MC-181877 Armorstand cannot setting CustomName with rgb-color Resolved

MC-182050 Mob Name Colors Don't Appear Resolved

MC-182075 Floating text decorations do not work Resolved

MC-182501 Text component formatting (e.g. italics, color, fonts) is not displayed in entity names Resolved

relates to 1

MC-182825 Mob name colors still don't work with translation/keybind components Resolved

Comments 5

tryashtar 2020-04-29T16:18:37Z

Added repro steps/confirmed

snarlie 2020-04-29T23:22:59Z

This affects more than colour, such as the text being bold, italic, or strikethrough.

Makzevu 2020-05-06T17:31:59Z

There's also another issue where "§" code does not work in resource pack entries that call for a variable. For example:

"commands.tag.add.success.single": "Added tag '§a%s§r' to %s",

This no longer works as of 20w17a.

Tristan 2020-06-06T23:46:45Z

just tested it in 1.16-pre2 and doesn't show color

Vanja 2020-06-07T17:47:03Z

I did tested in 1.16-pre2 and it does actually work, I've worked on a datapack that runs on armor stand's custom name and colors and can confirm I didn't receive any issues.
Did you write the correct command for it?