I am using MikTeX 2.9 on Windows 8.1. The PDF output of the Following TeX file does not display the word "example" in fore color or background color. I'm using TeXWorks editor – that comes with MikTeX – to generate the PDF:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
This is an {\color{green}example} of fore color text.
This is an \colorbox{green}{example} of highlighted text.
\end{document}
Best Answer
add
to the preamble