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Rainbow Highlight
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# Rainbow Highlight
A beautiful multi-color text highlighting plugin for [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/).
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
1. Select any text in your note
2. A color palette popup appears near your selection
3. Click a color to apply the highlight
4. Click ✕ to remove an existing highlight
## Installation
### From Obsidian Community Plugins
1. Open **Settings** → **Community plugins** → **Browse**
2. Search for **Rainbow Highlight**
3. Click **Install**, then **Enable**
### Manual Installation
1. Download `main.js`, `manifest.json`, and `styles.css` from the [latest release](https://github.com/Norman-lawyer/obsidian-rainbow-highlight/releases)
2. Create a folder `rainbow-highlight` in your vault's `.obsidian/plugins/` directory
3. Copy the three files into that folder
4. Enable the plugin in **Settings** → **Community plugins**
## Colors
| Color | Preview |
|--------|---------|
| Yellow |  |
| Green |  |
| Blue |  |
| Pink |  |
| Purple |  |
| Orange |  |
## License
[MIT](LICENSE)
How to Install
- Download the CSS file below
- Move it to your vault's
.obsidian/snippets/folder - Open Obsidian → Settings → Appearance → CSS Snippets → Enable it
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