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The MUD I play has no color. At first I was shocked, a mud with no color?! But eventually I got used to it, with the help of some highlighting triggers in my client.
Now when I try out other muds with color, 9 times in 10 I feel that they've overused the color. It seems especially bad to me when equipment has color, and more so when players can add color to their custom equipment and descriptions. Often it seems when this is allowed, having color becomes something of a status symbol, and takes the place of a well-written string or description. Or maybe it just distracts my eye so I don't read all the strings and descs.
In general, I like color when it is used to highlight important things that you don't want to miss, like exits and tells. Also, depending on the speed and importance of combat in your game, a little color can help ease battle spam.
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