Added a new example plugin 'chat color' for reference when creating your own plugins

src/main/javascript/chat/color.js

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+/*
+  declare a new javascript plugin for changing chat text color
+*/
+var chat = chat || plugin("chat", {
+    /*
+      set the color of text for a given player
+    */
+    setColor: function(player, color){
+        this.store.players[player.name] = color;
+    }
+},true);
+/*
+  initialize the store
+*/
+chat.store.players = chat.store.players || {};
+
+ready(function()
+{
+    var colors = [
+        "black", "blue", "darkgreen", "darkaqua", "darkred",
+        "purple", "gold", "gray", "darkgray", "indigo",
+        "brightgreen", "aqua", "red", "pink", "yellow", "white"
+    ];
+    var colorCodes = {};
+    for (var i =0;i < colors.length;i++) {
+        var hexCode = i.toString(16);
+        colorCodes[colors[i]] = hexCode;
+    }
+    
+    events.on("player.AsyncPlayerChatEvent",function(l,e){
+        var player = e.player;
+        var playerChatColor = chat.store.players[player.name];
+        if (playerChatColor){
+            e.message = "§" + colorCodes[playerChatColor] + e.message;
+        }
+    });
+    var listColors = function(params){
+        var colorNamesInColor = [];
+        for (var i = 0;i < colors.length;i++)
+            colorNamesInColor[i] = "§"+colorCodes[colors[i]] + colors[i];
+        __self.sendMessage("valid chat colors are " + colorNamesInColor.join(", "));
+    };
+    command("list_colors", listColors);
+    command("chat_color",function(params){
+        var color = params[0];
+        if (colorCodes[color]){
+            chat.setColor(__self,color);
+        }else{
+            __self.sendMessage(color + " is not a valid color");
+            listColors();
+        }
+    },colors);
+});