| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Example: "COLOR fc" produces light red on bright white | |
