\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \aligned \frac{dz}{dt} &= y - v_r, \qquad {\color{blue} w} &= -k_p x - k_i z + k_r v_r, \endaligned \end{equation*} \end{document}