Interactive Colorful Text

What You'll Create

Individual letters in headings that return to a uniform color when not hovered, but reveal their assigned custom colors on hover. Creates playful, interactive typography.

The Problem It Solves

Squarespace's custom color feature lets you color individual letters, but they're always visible. This technique adds interaction - letters appear uniform until hovered, revealing a surprise of color that engages visitors.

Perfect For

Playful brand identities, Children's brands, Creative portfolios, Interactive headers, Event sites, Fun brand personalities.

What Makes This Different

Squarespace's built-in custom colors are applied to individual letters via spans. CSS overrides these colors by default, then restores them on hover with smooth color transitions. Simple but effective interactivity.

Details

• Section Type: Fluid & Classic

• Code Type: CSS

• Prerequisites: Text with custom colors applied to individual letters using Squarespace's built-in color feature

• Toolkit Title: Colorful Text

Learn This Technique

This is one of 150+ code techniques taught inside Standout Squarespace, where you get:

• The complete, copy-paste code

• Video walkthrough explaining how it works

• The principles behind the technique so you can customize it

• Access to our private community for support