cmd color
# Syntax:
color [[<b>]<f>]
# Parameter: Description
<b> # Specifies the background colour.
<f> # Specifies the foreground colour.
# Examples:
# To change the Command Prompt window background colour to gray and the
# foreground colour to red, type:
color 84
# To change the Command Prompt window foreground colour to light yellow, type:
color e
# Colours:
# The following table lists valid hexadecimal digits that you can use as
# the values for <b> and <f>:
# Value: Colour:
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
# Remarks:
# • Don't use space characters between <b> and <f>.
# • If you specify only one hexadecimal digit, the corresponding colour is
# used as the foreground colour and the background colour is set to the
# default colour.
# • To set the default Command Prompt window colour, select the upper-left
# corner of the Command Prompt window, select Defaults, select the 'Colors'
# tab, and then select the colours that you want to use for the 'Screen
# Text' and 'Screen Background'.
# • If <b> and <f> are the same colour value, the ERRORLEVEL is set to 1,
# and no change is made to either the foreground or the background colour.