# Pasting from the internet with color formatting

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/pasting-from-the-internet-with-color-formatting/3886>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 1, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/pasting-from-the-internet-with-color-formatting/3886 "2020-10-01T21:26:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Aizen](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aizen)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/pasting-from-the-internet-with-color-formatting/3886/1 "2020-10-01T21:26:29Z")

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Dear Anki Support Staff,

First of all I wanted to thank you all for this software.

Due to the add-ons I use, I am sticking with Anki 2.1.26.

I consult dictionaries online, copy and paste the content I find interesting.  
In this work-flow, I prefer to paste the content as it is. This means also with color formatting(i.e. if it’s red online, the text is kept red when pasted).

This workflow works when I am not working in night mode. When I am in night mode, the color formatting get stripped away.

Do you know if there is a workaround?

PS: I disabled all add-ons, to see if the behavior was due to any of them, and it doesn’t seem so.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/pasting-from-the-internet-with-color-formatting/3886/2 "2020-10-02T02:43:02Z")

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If I recall correctly, night mode currently excludes colours when pasting because the majority of sources have a light background, and the original colours can be difficult to read.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/pasting-from-the-internet-with-color-formatting/3886/3 "2020-10-02T02:44:58Z")

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Actually no - it was done this way because otherwise you end up with black text with a white background.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/pasting-from-the-internet-with-color-formatting/3886/4 "2023-05-01T05:28:39Z")

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