innerHTML and change color

Question

chatTextBox.innerHTML = '<span style="color:#FF0000"> hi </span>';

This is what I want to do, but the innerHTML just becomes

<span style="color:#FF0000"> hi </span> 

and not hi in red.

Note: I'm using a TextArea and I want to be able to write in multiple text color.

Answer 1

chatTextBox.innerHTML = "<span style='color:#FF0000'> hi </span>";

try this way, it should ideally work.