Color
Changes the Command Prompt window foreground and background colors for the current session. Used without parameters, color restores the default Command Prompt window foreground and background colors.
Syntax
color [fb]
Parameters
fb : Sets the foreground f and background g colors. The following tables lists valid hexadecimal digits that you can use as the values for f and g.
| Value | Color |
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 |
/? : Displays help at the command prompt.
Remarks
| • | To set the default Command Prompt window color, click the upper-left corner of the command prompt window, click Defaults, click the Colors tab, and then click the colors that you want to use for the Screen Text and Screen Background. |
| • | You can use cmd /t:fb to change the Command Prompt window colors for the current session. |
| • | If the foreground and background colors are the same, the color command sets ERRORLEVEL to one (1). |
Examples
To change the Command Prompt window foreground color to red and background to white, type:
color FC
Formatting legend
| Format | Meaning |
Italic | Information that the user must supply |
Bold | Elements that the user must type exactly as shown |
Ellipsis (...) | Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line |
Between brackets ([]) | Optional items |
Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} | Set of choices from which the user must choose only one |
Courier font | Code or program output |