Set Color QTextEdit - c++

I'm working with the QTextEdit class.
I would like to set a predefinite color for my edit block.
When I open the textEdit and I begin to write something, I want to write the characters with a color that is different from zero.
I've tried to insert the following code, in the costructor of the class:
ui->textEdit->setTextColor(Qt::red)
but it doesn't work.
Thanks for the help

The setTextColor you have should work fine - QColor(255,0,0) and Qt::red are the same thing. Tried it and works fine.
OR maybe style sheets would help
qApp->setStyleSheet("QTextEdit { color: red; } ");
https://doc.qt.io/Qt-5/stylesheet-syntax.html

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//or with pointer
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have you tried :
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// Thelepaty mode on
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And finally as application wide one-liner for all elements having a readOnly attribute set:
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