Changing font colors when responding to forums??

[Rodney2]

I am active on several forums that I monitor using Husky Heron and Mozilla Firefox. When I respond to a forum topic where I am quoting a previous comment, I'd like to have my response in a different colored font than the color of the font that the quote is displayed in. I can not figure out how to do that or even if it is possible. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

[bab1]

Psssssst...It's HARDY Heron. To change the color of the text, click on the "A" icon (fifth from the left) at the top of the response box.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Rodney2]

Psssssst...It's HARDY Heron. To change the color of the text, click on the "A" icon (fifth from the left) at the top of the response box.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Thank [COLOR="Red"][COLOR="Red"][COLOR="Red"]Thaks, sorry for my error--Hardy it is.
Now I clicked on"A" icon but I do not believe the color changed after I choose the red color.l