Samples of the new colors can be found on the ANSI color page, you can also display them with ColorTool.exe -c In Windows 10 clean-install versions greater than build 16257 the default colour scheme has been changed to modernize the look of the Windows Console suitable for modern high-contrast LCD displays. These are available in Windows versions greater than 1511. To change the color of individual words/characters/paragraphs ANSI color escapes can be used. The COLOR command will change the color of all the text in the window. The default terminal color is COLOR 07, white on black The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute theĬOLOR command with a foreground and background colour that are the same. The current colour settings when cmd was launched If no argument is given, COLOR restores the colour to what it was when CMD.EXEĬolour values are assigned in the following order:

There should be no space between the two color numbers. Sets the default console foreground and background colours.Ĭolour attributes are specified by 2 of the following hex digits.

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