I'm writing up some computer notes for my students, and I have examples of
variables and other commands which involve characters like % and
underscore.  These are typeset with

\type{%t^y_8*&}

for example.  What I would like to do is to color these as well.  However

\color[blue]{\type{%t^y_8*&}}

doesn't seem to work; nor does

{\blue \type{%t^y_8*&}}

So - how do I obtain colored text within \type?

Thanks,
Alasdair

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