I know that bat one was adorable.
Oh it took a bit for me to figure out too. What you do is, you don't add the color to the actually link but the words in the middle.
Like this (without the star in the color part lol)
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/80121-a-little-shade-of-gray/ic][*color=ed1c24]A Little Shade Of Gray[/color][/url]