change color of Sidebar Captions , Archives, Meta, etc

These changes are typically made in the theme’s style.css file. Go to Appearance/Editor in your admin panel and select “Stylesheet” from the list to the right.

thank you macman, could you please tell me what code to change for these specific changes,
thanks

In the Default theme, I believe the sidebar widget titles are within <h2></h2> tags.

In the Stylesheet, change this:

#sidebar h2 {
	        font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Sans-Serif;
	        font-size: 1.2em;
	        }

to this:

#sidebar h2 {
	        font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Sans-Serif;
	        font-size: 1.2em;
	        color: #777;
	        }

(where “777” is your new color)

hm, strange, i am doing a search through the browser, Ctrl + F, and i cannot find any instances of #sidebar
im supposed to be in styles.css right?

You said you’re using the Default theme, right? Is there any chance that you mean the Twenty Ten theme instead?

aw man… when i installed WP through cPanel what ever theme it started with i kept, yes it is twenty ten, damnit lol, i thought something might be going on with what theme im using.. err
sorry

In that case, look in the Stylesheet for this section:

.widget-title {
        color: #222;
        font-weight: bold;
}

Change the color as desired.

YAY! Thanks mac man I appreciate your help very much!

You’re welcome!