How to Change Colours in Command Prompt

Last Updated: March 19, 2016 Tested

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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Select text or background and edit the color values.
- 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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How do I change my command prompt color to a rainbow color?

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I do not think there is a way to change it to rainbow color.

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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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Be careful of the spellings of 'color' and do not type 'colour'. Otherwise it will not work.

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