<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>\documentclass{article}<br>\usepackage{enumitem,xcolor}<br><br>\begin{document}<br>\colorlet{labelcolor}{black}<br>\begin{enumerate}[label=\textcolor{labelcolor}{(\arabic*) }]<br>\item aaa<br>\colorlet{labelcolor}{red}\item bbb<br>\colorlet{labelcolor}{green}\item ccc<br>\end{enumerate}<br>\end{document}</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 22:44, Jerry Seibert <<a href="mailto:jerry@seibercom.net">jerry@seibercom.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:39:12 +0000, David Carlisle stated:<br>
<br>
>On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 20:56, Jerry Seibert <<a href="mailto:jerry@seibercom.net" target="_blank">jerry@seibercom.net</a>><br>
>wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I am using the "enumitem" package to create lists used in reports I<br>
>> generate. My supervisor wants me to have the item number or letter<br>
>> in a different color from the item's text. For instance, in the<br>
>> following example, the "(1)" would be in blue and the text in black.<br>
>><br>
>> (1) This is item one.<br>
>><br>
>> I cannot find a way to accomplish this easily. Is there something I<br>
>> am missing here or is it just not feasible? My supervisor is<br>
>> insisting on it because he can do exactly that in MS Word.<br>
<br>
>\documentclass{article}<br>
>\usepackage{enumitem,xcolor}<br>
><br>
>\begin{document}<br>
><br>
>\begin{enumerate}[label=\textcolor{blue}{(\arabic*) }]<br>
>\item aaa<br>
>\item bbb<br>
>\item ccc<br>
>\end{enumerate}<br>
>\end{document}<br>
><br>
>David<br>
<br>
Dave, that works if I want to change every item in the list to the same<br>
color. I was looking for a method to change different items to<br>
different colors in the same list. I have seen examples of how to do it<br>
with itemized lists, but not numbered or lettered lists.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Jerry<br>
</blockquote></div>