[quote=@Byrd Man]
Here's a wild idea: why use colored text at all?
[/quote]

In a lot of instances I'd agree with you.  But Ted lends himself to some snappy dialogue heavy stuff and I think the quick visual cues are worth the pain in the arse coding issues in order to streamline readability without constant "Ted said"/"the Blue Beetle quipped"/"Kord joked"/etc.