R markdown link is not formatted blue when knitted to pdf

for some reason no link in my R markdowns (rmd) is formatted blue. knitting the simple rmd below to pdf is leaving the text color black. only when hovering over it does one realize that it's actually a link. knitting it to html will make the link blue. of course I can use a latex wrapper but I wonder why that is?

sessionInfo() R version 3.3.0 (2016-05-03) Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): knitr_1.15

RStudio 1.0.44

---
title: "R Notebook"
output:
  pdf_document: default
  html_notebook: default
---

```{r, echo=F}
# tex / pandoc options for pdf creation
x <- Sys.getenv("PATH")
y <- paste(x, "E:\\miktex\\miktex\\bin", sep=";")
Sys.setenv(PATH = y)
```

[link](www.rstudio.com)

Solution 1:

Add urlcolor: blue to the yaml.

---
title: "R Notebook"
output:
  pdf_document: default
  html_notebook: default
urlcolor: blue
---

```{r, echo=F}
# tex / pandoc options for pdf creation
x <- Sys.getenv("PATH")
y <- paste(x, "E:\\miktex\\miktex\\bin", sep=";")
Sys.setenv(PATH = y)
```

[Link to R Studio](www.rstudio.com)

Bare urls will also be highlighted:

http://www.rstudio.com

Solution 2:

To elaborate on the answer by @eipi10, and to answer a question in the comments by @Maarten Punt, the urlcolor is specifying the color for URL links referenced in the doc. However you might have links to other sections in your document, specified by linkcolor. So you can specify either:

---
title: "R Notebook"
output:
  pdf_document: default
urlcolor: blue
linkcolor: red
---

## test links vs urls

* see [the relevant section](#test)



[link](http://www.rstudio.com)


```{r cars}
summary(cars)
```

\newpage

## Including Plots{#test}

You can also embed plots, for example:

```{r pressure, echo=FALSE}
plot(pressure)
```

The red is a link within the document, whereas the blue is a URL link.