RMarkdown PDF section and subsection color

Question

I used a different color on sections and subsections in my rmarkdown document, but in the reader the names in sections (bookmarks) pane are now blank.

\textcolor{mycolor}{My section}

It looks like even if I revert mycolor to black ({RGB}{0,0,0}), the issue persists, so I assume I'm incorrectly using the \textcolor{mycolor}{Section text to color}.

Is there another way? Also, is there a way to apply the same color to all sections/subsections?

Answer 1

Here is an arguably better approach to accomplish your goal of colored section headings:

---
title: "Untitled"
output: pdf_document
header-includes:
  - \usepackage{sectsty}
  - \sectionfont{\color{red}}
  - \subsectionfont{\color{green}}
  - \subsubsectionfont{\color{blue}}
---

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
```

# Section

This section header should be red.

## Subsection

This subsection header should be green.

### Subsubsection

This subsubsection header should be blue.