Printing white text on colored paper

I feel really silly asking this and I know it's something that I'm missing but I can't seem to get white text to print on colored paper. I've searched in several places but can't find a solution. I would greatly appreciate and help in solving this problem.
Thanks in advance.

Thank you for all the responses. All of these methods I was aware of but for some reason I kept thinking I "should" be able to print white text. What I ended up doing was creating a "white box" area and filling in that with the information I wanted.
FYI, I am creating some band posters and wanted to use a commercial printer to print the generic poster and then have a way of adding my own text about the venue. (For small batches only)
Thanks again,
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