ConsoleColor()

Syntax

ConsoleColor(CharacterColor, BackgroundColor)

Change the colors used by the text display. Any characters printed after calling this function will use the new colors. The color values range from 0 to 15, which are the 16 colors available in console mode.

Parameters:
CharacterColor - The foreground color to use. This is the color that the characters are drawn with.
BackgroundColor - The background color to use. This is the color that surrounds each character.

Both colors can have a value from 0 to 15 to represent the color. The colors which each of those values represent are:

  0 - Black (default background)
  1 - Blue
  2 - Green
  3 - Cyan
  4 - Red
  5 - Magenta
  6 - Brown
  7 - Light grey (default foreground)
  8 - Dark grey
  9 - Bright blue
  10 - Bright green
  11 - Bright cyan
  12 - Bright red
  13 - Bright magenta
  14 - Yellow
  15 - White

Example:

  If OpenConsole()
    For Foreground = 0 To 15
      For Background = 0 To 15
        ConsoleColor(Foreground, Background)
        Print(Right(Hex(Background), 1))
      Next
        
      PrintN("")
    Next
    
    ConsoleColor(7, 0)
    PrintN("Press return to exit")
    Input()
  EndIf

Supported OS

Windows