[Tex/LaTex] Beamer: Biblatex biber, change color of citations globally

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I want to change the color of my citations globally, but the solutions listed here and here do not work for me…

As of now, I have to do this:

\textcolor{red}{\cite{Forrest2014}}

Any clue?

This is my MWE:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{hyperref}
%hyperref options, no border and url colors
\hypersetup{%
    %pdfborder = {0 0 0},
    colorlinks=true,
    urlcolor=blue,
    linkcolor=
}

\usepackage[style=authoryear, defernumbers=true, sorting=none, backend=biber, dateabbrev=true, maxbibnames=7, minbibnames=7, doi=false, isbn=false, url=false]{biblatex}%
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{Forrest2014,
    author = {Forrest, Alistair R. R. and Kawaji, Hideya and Rehli, Michael and {Kenneth Baillie}, J. and de Hoon, Michiel J. L. and Haberle, Vanja and Lassmann, Timo},
    doi = {10.1038/nature13182},
    issn = {0028-0836},
    journal = {Nature},
    pages = {462--470},
    pmid = {24670764},
    title = {{A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas}},
    url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13182{\%}5Cnhttp://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature13182},
    volume = {507},
    year = {2014}
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\setbeamertemplate{bibliography item}{}

\mode<presentation> {
    \usetheme{Singapore}
}
\begin{document}


\section{Frame 1}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Frame 1}
    Here I want a citation:

    %\textcolor{red}{\cite{Forrest2014}}
    \cite{Forrest2014}
\end{frame}


\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]
\frametitle{References}
    \printbibliography
\end{frame}


\end{document}

Best Answer

You can redefine the cite command:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{hyperref}
%hyperref options, no border and url colors
\hypersetup{%
    %pdfborder = {0 0 0},
    colorlinks=true,
    urlcolor=blue,
    linkcolor=,
    }

\usepackage[style=authoryear, defernumbers=true, sorting=none, backend=biber, dateabbrev=true, maxbibnames=7, minbibnames=7, doi=false, isbn=false, url=false]{biblatex}%

\newcommand\mkbibcolor[2]{\textcolor{#1}{\hypersetup{citecolor=#1}#2}}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\cite}[\mkbibcolor{red}]
  {\usebibmacro{prenote}}%
  {\usebibmacro{citeindex}%
   \usebibmacro{cite}}
  {\multicitedelim}
  {\usebibmacro{postnote}}

\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\setbeamertemplate{bibliography item}{}

\mode<presentation> {
    \usetheme{Singapore}
}
\begin{document}


\section{Frame 1}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Frame 1}
    Here I want a citation:

     \cite{doody}
\end{frame}


\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]
\frametitle{References}
    \printbibliography
\end{frame}


\end{document}

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\usepackage[scaled]{helvet}
\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[german=quotes]{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=authoryear-comp,sortcites=true,sorting=nyt,isbn=false,natbib=true, citestyle=authoryear,bibstyle=authoryear,backend=biber,maxnames=1,maxcitenames=1,
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        \setunit{\addspace}}
       {\printnames{labelname}%
        \setunit{\nameyeardelim}}%
     \iffieldundef{journalabbr}{}{%
        \printfield{journalabbr}%
        \setunit{\nameyeardelim}%
        }%
     \usebibmacro{cite:labelyear+extrayear}}
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\addbibresource{min.bib}

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\citep{boisson2003unexpected} 

How it should look like: 

(Boisson et al., JBC, 2003)

\printbibliography

\end{document}

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