\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \aligned (M+m)\frac{d^2{\color{blue} p}}{dt^2} - m l \cos{\theta} \frac{d^2{\color{blue} \theta}}{dt^2} + m l \sin{\theta} \bigl(\frac{d\theta}{dt}\bigr)^2 &=F, \\ -m l \cos{\theta} \frac{d^2{\color{blue} p}}{dt^2} + (J + m l^2) \frac{d^2\theta}{dt^2} - m g l \sin{\theta} &= 0. \endaligned \end{equation*} \end{document}