Assign Keyboard Shortcut To Color. Select some text and press the combo AltCtrlH. Then use File Options Customize Ribbon Customize.

Im having to select the Senders text and then mouse click to change its color and this is tedious. Then use File Options Customize Ribbon Customize. I know I can type alt-r-x-up arrow-up arrow-return Windows7.
The actual command is called FontColor.
With the cells selected press AltHH. Select some text and press the combo AltCtrlH. Press Ctrl Alt Shift K Mac. The keyboard shortcut to open the Fill Color menu on the ribbon is AltHH.