\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} u = k_p\bigl( \beta r-y \bigr) + k_i \int_0^{{\color{blue}t}} \bigl( r(\tau) - y(\tau) \bigr)\, d\tau + k_d \Bigl( \gamma\frac{dr}{dt} - \frac{dy}{dt} \Bigr), \end{equation*} \end{document}