Keyboard shortcut for coloring text?

[macula]

For good or ill, I need to be able to color text segments in my research notes all too often. It would be really helpful to have a keyboard shortcut for this (one for black and another for red would be enough). I cannot find such a shortcut in the menus, but perhaps a "hidden" key combo exists? If not, could I automate the process in some other way? Perhaps a script?

Thank you!

[Jon]

Most of the good command key shortcuts are taken. What would you suggest?

Jon
Sonny Software

[macula]

Thanks for the customarily speedy response!

Any shortcut, really, would be better than digging into the menu structure with the mouse. For example:
Control-Option-R for red
Control-Option-B for black

I tried to create a macro with Quickeys but it doesn't seem to play well with Bookends.

[Jon]

OK:

Control-Command-B for black
Control-Command-R for red

in Bookends 11.

Jon
Sonny Software

[macula]

What a treat! Thank you very much.