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 following values:
| 0 | = | Black | 8 | = | Gray | |
| 1 | = | Blue | 9 | = | Light Blue | |
| 2 | = | Green | A | = | Light Green | |
| 3 | = | Aqua | B | = | Light Aqua | |
| 4 | = | Red | C | = | Light Red | |
| 5 | = | Purple | D | = | Light Purple | |
| 6 | = | Yellow | E | = | Light Yellow | |
| 7 | = | White | F | = | Bright White |
If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was when CMD.EXE 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.
Example:
"COLOR fc"
produces light red on bright white
When you try to set the foreground and background colors to the same value, COLOR will terminate with a return code (errrlevel) of 1.
This can be used to make a script set an errorlevel.
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