Custom username colors will never happen. I'm sorry.
The main reason is that our automatic username colors make it harder to impersonate other users: even if you use Unicode or l/I (lowercase-L vs uppercase-i) mixups, your username will still be a different color.
As a side benefit, it also saves bandwidth, because we don't need to send username colors; they can just be calculated client-side.
The main reason is that our automatic username colors make it harder to impersonate other users: even if you use Unicode or l/I (lowercase-L vs uppercase-i) mixups, your username will still be a different color.
As a side benefit, it also saves bandwidth, because we don't need to send username colors; they can just be calculated client-side.