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MS-DOS Color Command Guide

The color command enables users running Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP to change the default color of their background or text in their MS-DOS window. The color command sets the default console foreground and background colors using a TWO digit hex code where the first digit represents the background color and the second represents the foreground color. Values can be 0-F to represent 16 colors including black, blue, green, red, purple, yellow, gray, and white. Examples show how to set the background to black and foreground to light green using the color 0A command.

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MS-DOS Color Command Guide

The color command enables users running Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP to change the default color of their background or text in their MS-DOS window. The color command sets the default console foreground and background colors using a TWO digit hex code where the first digit represents the background color and the second represents the foreground color. Values can be 0-F to represent 16 colors including black, blue, green, red, purple, yellow, gray, and white. Examples show how to set the background to black and foreground to light green using the color 0A command.

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MS-DOS color command

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Microsoft DOS color command


Quick links About color Availability Syntax Examples About color The color command enables users running Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP to change the default color of their background or text in their MS-DOS window. Availability The color command is an internal command and is available in the below Microsoft operating systems. Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Syntax Sets the default console foreground and background colors. COLOR [attr]

attr

Specifies color attribute of console output

Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit can be any of the below values.

0 = Black 1 = Blue 2 = Green 3 = Aqua 4 = Red 5 = Purple 6 = Yellow 7 = White

8 = Gray 9 = Light Blue A = Light Green B = Light Aqua C = Light Red D = Light Purple E = Light Yellow F = Bright White

If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was when [Link] started. This value either comes from the current console window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry value. The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the same. Examples

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MS-DOS color command

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Color 0A

Creates a Black background with light bright green text, similar to many of the FTP, telnet, and old BBS console screens.

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