JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="highlight">
<input type="text" name="" value="" id="text">
</div>
JavaScript
var text = document.getElementById('text');
text.addEventListener("keyup", function(event){
func(event)});
var colors = ["red","green","blue","darkpink"];
var i = 0;
function func(e){
var content = text.innerHTML;
if(e.keyCode === 32){
text.style.color = colors[i++];
}
}