If you wish to change the font color of existing text in Outlook 2013, then you need to select the text first, then change the font color. Note that this will not change the font color for text that you have already typed. The steps in this article will show you how to change the font color for an individual message in Outlook 2013, then provide additional steps for setting the default font color in Outlook 2013. You may already know how to change default fonts in Word 2013, but the method is somewhat different in Outlook. This can be done for individual messages, or you can choose to change the default font color for all of your messages. One of the format options that you can control is the color of the font that you use.
Like other Microsoft Office programs, Outlook 2013 allows you to change much of the formatting for text that you type.