How to set TextInputLayout error message colour?

Question

Create a custom style which uses @android:style/TextAppearance as parent in your styles.xml file:

<style name="error_appearance" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/red_500</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">12sp</item>
</style>

And use it in your TextInputLayout widget:

 <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:id="@+id/emailInputLayout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:errorTextAppearance="@style/error_appearance">

error example

Edit: Set the hint on the object, which is inside your TextInputLayout (EditText, TextView, etc.) to hold different colors for the hint and the error.

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