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         \medskip
         You might also want to change your text colour, which is what the {color} package is for. It provides the
-        |textcolor{colour}{text}| command, \textcolor{red}{which allows you} \textcolor{blue}{to change your text colour}.
+        |\textcolor{colour}{text}| command, \textcolor{red}{which allows you} \textcolor{blue}{to change your text colour}.
 
         \section{Special characters} \label{sec: special-charaters}
             \subsection{LaTeX command characters}