Change twenty-second CV to colour first word

Question

I am making a resume using the twenty second CV template. This colours in the first 3 letters of a section heading in the main column. I would like to extend this to colour the first word of the section heading.

As far as I can tell, the relevant bits of the .cls file start at line 238:

\newcounter{colorCounter}
\def\@sectioncolor#1#2#3{
  {%
  % Switch between blue and gray
   \round{#1#2#3}{%
      \ifodd\value{colorCounter}%
        mainblue%
      \else%
        maingray%
      \fi%
    }%
  }%
  \stepcounter{colorCounter}%
}
\renewcommand{\section}[1]{
  \par%
  {%
    \LARGE 
    \color{headercolor}%
    @sectioncolor #1%
  }
  \par\vspace{\parskip}
}

I understand that @sectioncolor#1#2#3 takes the first three letters/tokens of the section title and colours them, and that I can extend this (at least as long as the section title) by appending #4... etc. I can also change the colour of the whole title, but haven't yet worked out how to change only the first word.

I have read a few other questions on similar topics, but they use a different CV template and I haven't been able to convert those solutions to this particular problem:

EDIT:

After Simon's answer below, I made some edits to the .cls file that rotate the colours through a list.

RequirePackage{parskip}
\RequirePackage{xstring}
%%% Counter and colour first word
\newcounter{colorCounter}
\makeatletter
\def@sectioncolor#1{%
    \StrBetween[1,2]{ #1 }{ }{ }[\FirstWord]
    \StrBehind{#1}{\FirstWord}[\LastWords]
    {\color{%
      \ifcase\value{colorCounter}%
        pblue\or%
        red\or%
        orange\or%
        blue\or%
        green\or%
        purple\else%
        pblue\fi%
    }
    \FirstWord}\LastWords
    \stepcounter{colorCounter}%
}
\renewcommand{\section}[1]{%

    \par%
    {%
        \LARGE 
        \color{headercolor}%
        @sectioncolor{#1}%
    }
    \par\vspace{\parskip}
}

\makeatother
%%

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '22 at 18:41

3

Add this code between \documentclass[]{twentysecondcv} and \begin{document}

% **************************************** added <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\usepackage{xstring}
\makeatletter
\def@sectioncolor#1{%
    \StrBetween[1,2]{ #1 }{ }{ }[\FirstWord]
    \StrBehind{#1}{\FirstWord}[\LastWords]

    {\round{\FirstWord}{%
        \ifodd\value{colorCounter}%
        mainblue%
        \else%
        maingray%
        \fi%
        }\LastWords%
    }%
    \stepcounter{colorCounter}%
}
\renewcommand{\section}[1]{%

    \par%
    {%
        \LARGE 
        \color{headercolor}%
        @sectioncolor{#1}%
    }
    \par\vspace{\parskip}
}

\makeatother
% *****************************************************

answered Mar 19 '22 at 18:41

Simon Dispa

39,141

Thanks, this worked brilliantly. I ended up making some changes to the .cls file and also letting it cycle between a set of colours, but couldn't have got there without you and your use of xstring. – cjdbarlow Mar 19 '22 at 21:04
hello! how this should change if i want that all words are highlighted? In the example, only the word "other" is in blue, how should i change it for "other information"? thanks. – federico rovere May 07 '22 at 13:10

Change twenty-second CV to colour first word

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