Coloring chord names in LilyPond

Question

How do you color chords in LilyPond? For example, in the following fragment, how can you print chord names in red?

<<
\chords {
  r8 d4 g4 a4 d4 d4:sus4 d4
}
\relative { 
  \time 2/4 \key d \major
  \partial 8
   fis16 e16 fis8 d8 d8
   e16 fis16 e8. d16  d4
  \times 2/3 {g8 fis8 e8} fis4 \bar "|"
}
>>

Answer 1

Within your \chords block, include \override ChordName.color = #red. For instance:

\chords {
  \override ChordName.color = #red
  r8 d4 g4 a4 d4 d4:sus4 d4
}

You may want to change some other issues in your code, like changing \key d to \key d \major.