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By default, Thunderbird displays the signature text, and the signature separator ("-- ") above it, in the color gray. If you wish to change this to another color, insert the following into your "[[userContent.css]]" file.

 /*
  * Change display color of text and links in signature
  */
 .moz-txt-sig, .moz-signature {
   color: black !important;
 }
 .moz-txt-sig > a, .moz-signature > a {
   color: blue !important;
 } 

The above example will make the signature text black and links in signatures blue. You can use other colors as desired.

'''Notes:&nbsp;'''<br>
* This changes only the way that signatures are ''displayed'' in Thunderbird and will not affect the color of any signatures that you use with outgoing messages.  However, recipients who use Thunderbird normally see gray signatures unless they have changed the setting too. Other mail clients might do similar things.
* If you use an HTML signature file, it can specify its own color for the text but not for the signature separator ("-- ").

==Changes with Thunderbird 22.0 beta and SeaMonkey 2.19==
Thunderbird 22.0 beta 1 (becoming effective with the [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2033027 24.0 release]) extends the display-color preferences UI to match that of Firefox. As a consequence, signature and its link colors will no longer be constants but deemphasized by opacity. For SeaMonkey, this will become effective with its 2.19 release. Thus, the respective [[userContent.css]] rules replacing the code mentioned above should be:

 .moz-txt-sig, .moz-signature {
   opacity: inherit !important;
 }

This will also be needed if you specify a "color:" along with it. Also, there is no longer a separate rule for links, the opacity applies to the selected colors for both of those.

===Outgoing messages===
To ensure that your own signature is displayed without opacity in messages ''others'' receive from you, add the following code to [[Signatures - Thunderbird#Simple_signatures|your signature]] and check the "Use HTML" box:

 <style>&lt;!--
 .moz-txt-sig, .moz-signature {
   opacity: inherit !important;
 }
 --&gt;</style>

'''Note:''' The recipient may use an older version of Thunderbird/SeaMonkey or a 3rd-party theme which didn't make the transition to the opacity style. Thus, you can consider adding the color-specific override code between the &lt;style&gt; tags as well.

==External links==
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31906 Bug 31906 - Make plain text msgs styleable and recognize nested quotes] ''(original definition)''
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845807 Bug 845807 - Blue link text should be lighter by default] ''(Thunderbird)''
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=855135 Bug 855135 - Change link and signature colors in themes from hard-coded definitions to follow preferences] ''(Thunderbird)''
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=855684 Bug 855684 - Use opacity rather than hard-coded colors for signature display] ''(SeaMonkey)''
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917906 Bug 917906 - Signature in Gray in Version 24, apply transparency for plain-text signatures only] ''(Thunderbird)''
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=920997 Bug 920997 - Printing of signature is broken, positioning of signature in document subject to bogus offset and cropping]

==See also==
* [[Signatures (Thunderbird)]]

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