§ color text error

Hello guys! I'm having some trouble getting color text into my chat, and command blocks. I know how to do it but when I do the combo for § (alt + 21) it does not show in the box thus I can't make some text colored or have fonts... is this a feature for 1.7.2? Does it not work in 1.6.4?

Thanks for any of your guys help
-IBsenoj

Please help me

 

isn't it &? or are you not using essentials

 

I'm not using essentials...Should I use it?

 

You would need a colored chat plugin
If you want it in the MOTD you use these codes:

\u00A70 = Black
\u00A71 = Dark Blue
\u00A72 = Dark Green
\u00A73 = Dark Cyan
\u00A74 = Dark Red
\u00A75 = Purple
\u00A76 = Orange
\u00A77 = Light Grey
\u00A78 = Dark Grey
\u00A79 = Lilic
\u00A7a = Light Green
\u00A7b = Light Cyan
\u00A7c = Light Red
\u00A7d = Pink
\u00A7e = Yellow
\u00A7f = White
\u00A7l = Bold
\u00A7n = Underline
\u00A7o = Italics
\u00A7k = Obfuscated
\u00A7m = Strike
\u00A7r = Reset

 

Ok thanks so how would I type that should I do it like this? \u00A7o test text or this? \u00A7o "test text" how should I do it?