How to Change Colours in Cmd
Are you bored of the lame white text on black background in cmd? If yes then read on to know how to change the text colour and the background colour.
[edit] Steps
- Click the Start button.
- Click run.
- Type 'cmd' ( without the quotes )
- When cmd will open, type in 'color g' (without the quotes)
- A list of all the colours in cmd 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.
- Press any key to continue.
- Type 'color 6' to have yellow text, 'color 4' to have red text, 'color A' to have light green text etc. ( Ignore all quotes )
- To change the colour of the text as well as the background, type 'color ce' ( without the quptes ) 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.
[edit] Tips
- The list is:
- 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
[edit] Warnings
- Be careful of the spellings of 'color' do not type 'colour'. Otherwise it will not work.
- Ignore all quotes
