footer.php

		<div id="footer">
			&copy; <?php echo date( 'Y' ); ?> <?php bloginfo( 'title' ); ?> All Rights Reserved
		</div><!-- /#footer -->
		<?php wp_footer(); ?>
	</body>
</html>

functions.php

<?php 

/**
 * Registers a new setting for 'Link Color' in the WordPress Theme Customizer
 * that will allow users to change the color of their anchors across the
 * entire site
 *
 * Note that functions prefixed with 'tmx' stand for 'Tom McFarlin Example.'
 *
 * @param      object    $wp_customize    The WordPress Theme Customizer
 * @package    tmx
 */
function tmx_register_theme_customizer( $wp_customize ) {

	/**
   	 * Adds the setting with the unique id of 'tmx_link_color'. 
   	 *
   	 * Also defines the transport method to 'postMessage' so that 
   	 * we can use JavaScript to dynamically change the color without 
   	 * using the default method of 'refresh.'
   	 */
	$wp_customize->add_setting(
		'tmx_link_color',
		array(
			'default'     => '#000000',
			'transport'   => 'postMessage'
		)
  	);

	/**
   	 * Introduces a new color control to the Theme Customizer in the
	 * 'Colors' section. This is the actual control that will allow
	 * a user to pick a color.
	 */
	$wp_customize->add_control(
		new WP_Customize_Color_Control(
			$wp_customize,
			'link_color',
			array(
			    'label'      => __( 'Link Color', 'tmx' ),
			    'section'    => 'colors',
			    'settings'   => 'tmx_link_color'
			)
		)
	);

} // end tcx_register_theme_customizer
add_action( 'customize_register', 'tmx_register_theme_customizer' );

/**
 * Registers the Theme Customizer Preview JavaScript with WordPress.
 *
 * @package    tmx
 */
function tmx_customizer_live_preview() {

	wp_enqueue_script(
		'tmx-theme-customizer',
		get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/theme-customizer.js',
		array( 'jquery', 'customize-preview' ),
		'',
		true
	);

} // end tcx_customizer_live_preview
add_action( 'customize_preview_init', 'tmx_customizer_live_preview' );

theme-customizer.js

(function( $ ) {

        /**
         * Connects to the Theme Customizer's color picker, and changes the anchor
         * color whenever the user changes colors in the Theme Customizer.
         */
	wp.customize( 'tmx_link_color', function( value ) {
		value.bind( function( to ) {
			$( 'a' ).css( 'color', to );
		});
	});

}( jQuery ));