How to Change your DOS Prompt Colors

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SYNTAX Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

how-to-change-your-dos-prompt-colorsHow to Change your DOS Prompt 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 below values.
 

0 = Black8 = Gray
1 = Blue9 = Light Blue
2 = GreenA = Light Green
3 = AquaB = Light Aqua
4 = RedC = Light Red
5 = PurpleD = Light Purple
6 = YellowE = Light Yellow
7 = WhiteF = 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 2A = Creates a green background with light bright green text, similar to many of the FTP, telnet, and old BBS console screens.
Valid for a session only

 

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