documentclass{article}

PassOptionsToPackage{usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table}{xcolor}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{tikz}

begin{document}

par Text before

begin{center}
    begin{tikzpicture}
        node[text=blue] {test};  %% This line produces the error
    end{tikzpicture}
end{center}

par Text after

end{document}

node[blue] {test};