Colored horizontal line between two texts

Question

How I can get color horizontal line between two texts? I am using command \rule{16cm}{1mm}. Can any one suggest how to change the color of horizontal line.

\textcolor{red}{\rule{16cm}{1mm}} – Sigur Jul 19 '14 at 01:28 — Sigur, Jul 19 '14 at 01:28
Related: How do I insert a border below text? – Werner Jul 19 '14 at 04:01 — Werner, Jul 19 '14 at 04:01

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '14 at 01:32

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Very simply (don't forget \noindent if it's between paragraphs):

    \documentclass{article}

    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
    \usepackage{lipsum}
    \usepackage[textwidth = 16cm]{geometry}
    \begin{document}
    \lipsum[1]

    \noindent\textcolor{PaleVioletRed3}{\rule{16cm}{1mm}}

    \lipsum[2]
    \end{document}

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answered Jul 19 '14 at 01:32

Bernard

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I am using \newcommand{\divider}{\vskip1pt\hrule\vskip1pt} , it works. but it gives the black color line. If i changed the color, the space between line and text become more. – mustamus Jul 20 '14 at 12:41
It's normal you get a black rule, since you have no colour command. As for the second sentence I don't know what happening since it's unfinished… – Bernard Jul 20 '14 at 15:44

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '14 at 03:44

The following example defines \sepline that prints a colored line between paragraphs, if the end of the first and the start of the second paragraph are on the same page. The line vanishes at page breaks.

\sepline is vertically centered between the paragraphs. If \parskip is non-zero, then half of \parskip is put before and the other half after the line.

The line can be configured by:

Length \seplinewidth: line width/thickness
Length \seplinesep: additional vertical space around the line
Color sepline: The color for the line, can be changed by \colorlet or \definecolor.

Full Example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[textwidth = 16cm]{geometry}

\newlength{\seplinewidth}
\newlength{\seplinesep}
\setlength{\seplinewidth}{1mm}
\setlength{\seplinesep}{2mm}
\colorlet{sepline}{PaleVioletRed3}
\newcommand*{\sepline}{%
  \par
  \vspace{\dimexpr\seplinesep+.5\parskip}%
  \cleaders\vbox{%
    \begingroup % because of color
      \color{sepline}%
      \hrule width\linewidth height\seplinewidth
    \endgroup
  }\vskip\seplinewidth
  \vspace{\dimexpr\seplinesep-.5\parskip}%
}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\sepline
\lipsum[2]
\setlength{\parskip}{5mm}
\sepline
\lipsum[3]
\end{document}

Colored horizontal line between two texts

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