How to apply color in Markdown?

Question

I want to use Markdown to store textual information. But quick googling says Markdown does not support color. Also StackOverflow does not support color. Same as in case of G

Answer 1

Short story: links. Make use of something like:

a[href='red'] {
    color: red;
    pointer-events: none;
    cursor: default;
    text-decoration: none;
}

Look, ma! Red!

(HTML above for demonstration purposes)

And in your md source:

[Look, ma! Red!](red)