I have part of an alias as 5(1 $+ %songlength $+ 5) buut it screws up the colour by making it pink or some other colour instead of black which it's meant to be. I know there's a $identifier for colours, but I can't remember it.

Try 5(01 $+ %songlength $+ 5).

Hmm ok, dunno why I can't remember that but oh well... it works, so thanks