How to Change Colours in Command Prompt

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Are you bored of the plain white text on black background in cmd? If yes then read on to know how to change the text colour and the background colour.

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    The first letter/number in the command is the colour of the background and the second is the colour of the text.
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    Use the letter/number for the color you want. e.g. Type 'color 6' to have yellow text, 'color 4' to have red text, 'color A' to have light green text etc. ( Ignore all quotes )
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    To change the colour of the text as well as the background, type 'color ce' ( without the quotes ) to have light yellow text on a light red background or any other combination.
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    • Play around with the combinations!
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    Can I color certain letters or words?
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    Yes. Right click on the tab or image, then go to properties, then go to color and you can change the background color and the letters.
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    Simply type the same command line code you used into the batch before echoing.
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      List of Possible Colors

      • 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

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