Update: see ChatColor Like so: Code: public void onPlayerChat(PlayerChatEvent event){ Player player = event.getPlayer(); String msg = event.getMessage(); if(plugin.getSecurityManager().isInGroup(player, Groups.Admin)){ String playerText = "<" + ChatColor.RED + event.getPlayer().getName() + ChatColor.WHITE + "> "; Kikkit.MinecraftLog.info("<" + player.getName() + "> " + msg); //event.setMessage(msg); event.setCancelled(true); plugin.broadcast(playerText + msg); } }