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functorx@yahoo.com (Tom) writes:

> FYI, the code I'm trying is:
>
> (defun x () "" (interactive)
> (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))
>
> .. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.  I've
> also tried imperatively updating the string with add-text-properties,
> which also doesn't work.

Note that there's no predefined face with the name `blue'.  What you
want is something like this:

(message (propertize "hello" 'face '(foreground-color . "blue")))