I cant add chat formatting such as colors with &a-f or &0-9

EssentialsX version : 2.0.1

for minecraft 1.12

You need to have:

• essentials.msg.color permission for colors
• essentials.msg.magic permission for magic/obfuscated text
• essentials.msg.format permission for formatting permissions

http://wiki.mc-ess.net/wiki/Command_Reference/Perm