Copy/paste within Notes loses color formatting on text

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If we understand your post correctly, the Notes app loses the colored text upon copying and pasting. We'd like to help!

"Copy and paste text

1. In the Notes app  on your Mac, click a note in the notes list or double-click a note in gallery view.
2. To copy and paste text, do any of the following:

• • Copy all the text in a note: Click anywhere in the note text, choose Edit > Select All (or Command-A), then choose Edit > Copy (or Command-C).
• Paste text: Choose Edit > Paste (or Command-V).
  • While some formatting is retained when you paste, the original font and color may not be retained.
• Paste text using the surrounding style: Choose Edit > Paste and Match Style.
  • The style information is ignored from the clipboard and the text is pasted with the surrounding styles applied.
• Paste text using the original style: Choose Edit > Paste and Retain Style.
  • The style information stays with the copied text and the text is pasted with the original style applied.

You can also use Universal Clipboard to copy text, images, photos, and video on one Apple device, then paste the content on another Apple device."

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