And, the fonts got larger and larger when they started office365/2016, then 2016, and now, 2019. In 2011 you had one set of fonts and font cache file to serve all the office Products. With the versions now, there are 3 sets of Fonts with about 60 fonts each for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word and no font cache.
This Word tutorial explains how to change the font color of text in Word 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).
See solution in other versions of Word:
Question: In Word 2011 for Mac, how do I change the font color for some of the text?
Answer:Select the text that you'd like to change the font color. Then select the Home tab in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Then click on the arrow to the right of the Font Color button in the Font group. A popup window should appear. Select the color that you'd like your text to be. In this example, we've selected a Red color.
Now when you view your document, the color of the text should be changed.