#enumeratecolor
Is there a way to make the different numbers within the enumerate environment different colors.
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\item Third
\end{enumerate}
I wish to make the 1. green, the 2. orange and the 3. red
i.e Not the text that follows but the preceding number a particular colour
Thanks
Although LaTeX is not the best language for this sort of thing, here is a potential solution. It uses the pgffor package.
First, we load the pgffor package and define a counter that will keep track of how many items there are in our list.
\usepackage{pgffor}
\newcounter{SortListTotal}
Then, we define a command that will store the list items.
\newcommand{\sortitem}[2]{\expandafter\def\csname SortListItem#1\endcsname{#2}\stepcounter{SortListTotal}}
The first argument of \sortitem is the item's number; the second is the item text.
Now, we define a command to print out the list. This command also resets the counter, ready for a new sorted list.
\newcommand{\printsortlist}{\foreach\currentlistitem in{1,2,...,\value{SortListTotal}}{\item[\currentlistitem]\csname SortListItem\currentlistitem\endcsname}\setcounter{SortListTotal}{0}}
These commands are used as in the following:
\begin{enumerate}
\sortitem{3}{This is the third item.}
\sortitem{4}{This is the fourth item.}
\sortitem{1}{This is the first item.}
\sortitem{2}{This is the second item.}
\printsortlist
\end{enumerate}
Alternatively, if you want to specify the order after storing the items:
\makeatletter
\newcounter{SortListTotal}
\newcommand{\sortitem}[1]{\stepcounter{SortListTotal}\expandafter\def\csname SortItem\arabic{SortListTotal}\endcsname{#1}}
\newcommand{\printsortlist}[1]{\@for\currentitem:=#1\do{\item\csname SortItem\currentitem\endcsname}\setcounter{SortListTotal}{0}}
\makeatother
These commands are used as in the following:
\begin{enumerate}
\sortitem{This is the third item.}
\sortitem{This is the fourth item.}
\sortitem{This is the first item.}
\sortitem{This is the second item.}
\printsortlist{3,4,1,2}
\end{enumerate}
The backref option to hyperref can take a value. By default it is section, but this does not seem to be giving the correct output, as it picks up the item number instead inside an enumerate. On the other hand you are requesting a page ref, and passing the page option does work:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[backref=page]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item A
\item B
\item C~\cite{art}
\end{enumerate}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{test}
\end{document}
with test.bib
@Article{art,
author = {Author, A. N.},
title = {On\dots},
journal = {J. Jour.},
year = 2004
}
Best Answer
The following example defines colors
enum1,enum2, ... using\colorletof packagexcolor. Then it hooks into\labelenumito add the color command with the color that consists of the value of counterenumi. For deeper nesting levels of theenumerateenvironment,\labelenumiiupto\labelenumivcan also be changed accordingly.Extension for nested lists: