Colourful Text

A text component with various colours, filter and scale effects.

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Installation

Install dependencies

npm i motion clsx tailwind-merge

For React 19 / Next.js 15 users, follow the following packages

For React 19 / Next.js 15 users, either use the --legacy-peer-deps flag or use --force while installation.

Add util file

lib/utils.ts

import { ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
  return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}

Copy the source code

components/ui/colourful-text.tsx

"use client";
import React from "react";
import { motion } from "motion/react";
 
export function ColourfulText({ text }: { text: string }) {
  const colors = [
    "rgb(131, 179, 32)",
    "rgb(47, 195, 106)",
    "rgb(42, 169, 210)",
    "rgb(4, 112, 202)",
    "rgb(107, 10, 255)",
    "rgb(183, 0, 218)",
    "rgb(218, 0, 171)",
    "rgb(230, 64, 92)",
    "rgb(232, 98, 63)",
    "rgb(249, 129, 47)",
  ];
 
  const [currentColors, setCurrentColors] = React.useState(colors);
  const [count, setCount] = React.useState(0);
 
  React.useEffect(() => {
    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      const shuffled = [...colors].sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5);
      setCurrentColors(shuffled);
      setCount((prev) => prev + 1);
    }, 5000);
 
    return () => clearInterval(interval);
  }, []);
 
  return text.split("").map((char, index) => (
    <motion.span
      key={`${char}-${count}-${index}`}
      initial={{
        y: 0,
      }}
      animate={{
        color: currentColors[index % currentColors.length],
        y: [0, -3, 0],
        scale: [1, 1.01, 1],
        filter: ["blur(0px)", `blur(5px)`, "blur(0px)"],
        opacity: [1, 0.8, 1],
      }}
      transition={{
        duration: 0.5,
        delay: index * 0.05,
      }}
      className="inline-block whitespace-pre font-sans tracking-tight"
    >
      {char}
    </motion.span>
  ));
}

Props

ColourfulText Props

Prop	Type	Required	Description
`text`	string	Yes	The text string to be rendered with colorful animated characters. Each character will be individually animated with color transitions and motion effects.

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