Should be able to just use `org-todo-keyword-faces` the way he was trying
in the original post.  I've got the following in my init.el.  Re-evaluating
it after changes (C-M-x) and then switching back to an org buffer makes the
changes on the fly:

,------------------------------------------------------------------------
| (setq
org-todo-keyword-faces
|                     `(("TODO"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color "zenburn-cyan"))
|                       ("CLOSE"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :underline (:color
|                                    ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                      "zenburn-blue"))
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                      "zenburn-red"))
|                       ("WAIT"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                      "zenburn-yellow"))
|                       ("PEND"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                      "zenburn-orange"))
|                       ("MEET"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                      "zenburn-yellow"))
|                       ("MET"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                      "zenburn-yellow-2"))
|                       ("TIME"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                      "zenburn-yellow"))
|                       ("CLOCKED"
|                        :weight bold
|                        :foreground ,(jlp/zenburn-color
|                                    "zenburn-yellow-2"))))
`------------------------------------------------------------------------

jlp/zenburn-color is just a shortcut to pull the list of colors from the
Zenburn color theme rather than have to remember the equivalent HEX colors.

Regards,
Jon


On 3 March 2014 10:11, Fabrice Niessen <fni-news@pirilampo.org> wrote:

> zwz wrote:
> > Chris Henderson <henders254@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> I'd like to change the color of Next to Red and Started to brown. At the
> >> moment, todo/ next and started all showing as red.
> >>
> >> Here is my .emacs snippet.
> >>
> >> (setq org-todo-keywords
> >>             '((sequence "TODO(t)" "Next(n)" "Started(s)" "|" "DONE(d!)")
> >>               (sequence "|" "CANCELED(c)")))
> >>
> >> (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
> >>            '(("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold))))
> >
> > You should use "custom-set-faces" instead of "setq".
>
> or `set-face-attribute', as I do in my Emacs configuration file[1]:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>   (with-eval-after-load "org-faces"
>
>     ;; faces for specific TODO keywords
>     (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
>           '(("NEW"  . leuven-org-created-kwd)
>             ("TODO" . org-todo)
>             ("STRT" . leuven-org-inprogress-kwd)
>             ("WAIT" . leuven-org-waiting-for-kwd)
>             ("SDAY" . leuven-org-someday-kwd)
>             ("DONE" . org-done)
>             ("CANX" . org-done)))
>
>     ;; Org standard faces
>     (set-face-attribute 'org-todo nil
>                         :weight 'bold :box '(:line-width 1 :color
> "#D8ABA7")
>                         :foreground "#D8ABA7" :background "#FFE6E4")
>
>     (set-face-attribute 'org-done nil
>                         :weight 'bold :box '(:line-width 1 :color
> "#BBBBBB")
>                         :foreground "#BBBBBB" :background "#F0F0F0")
>
>     ;; Org non-standard faces
>     (defface leuven-org-created-kwd
>       '((t (:weight normal :box (:line-width 1 :color "#EEE9C3")
>             :foreground "#1A1A1A" :background "#FDFCD8")))
>       "Face used to display state NEW.")
>     (defface leuven-org-inprogress-kwd
>       '((t (:weight bold :box (:line-width 1 :color "#D9D14A")
>             :foreground "#D9D14A" :background "#FCFCDC")))
>       "Face used to display state STRT.")
>     (defface leuven-org-waiting-for-kwd
>       '((t (:weight bold :box (:line-width 1 :color "#89C58F")
>             :foreground "#89C58F" :background "#E2FEDE")))
>       "Face used to display state WAIT.")
>     (defface leuven-org-someday-kwd
>       '((t (:weight bold :box (:line-width 1 :color "#9EB6D4")
>             :foreground "#9EB6D4" :background "#E0EFFF")))
>       "Face used to display state SDAY."))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Best regards,
> Fabrice
>
> [1] https://github.com/fniessen/emacs-leuven/blob/master/emacs-leuven.el
>
> --
> Fabrice Niessen
> Leuven, Belgium
> http://www.pirilampo.org/
>
>
>