Tuesday 12 November 2013

How to Change Colours in Command Prompt

 how to change color in Command Prompt

Steps

  1. 1
    Click the Start button.
  2. 2
    Click "Run..."
  3. 3
    Type 'cmd' (without the quotes).
    • When a command prompt opens, type in 'help color' (without the quotes)
    • Help with a list of the colours available will show up. (To see the list right now scroll down to tips)
    • The list will show numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F.
  4. 4
    Type 'color 6' to have yellow text, 'color 4' to have red text, 'color A' to have light green text etc. ( Ignore all quotes )
  5. 5
    To change the colour of the text as well as the background, type 'color ce' ( without the quotes ) to have light yellow text on a light red background or any other combination. The first letter/number is the colour of the background and the second is the colour of the text.


  1. Open Command Prompt.

  2. Right-click on the top.

  3. Click on Properties.

  4. Go to the Colors tab.

  5. Select text or background and edit the color values.

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