Color Your DOS Command

Sometimes when running the batch script via DOS command window, using color output make help you analyze the result easily. Fortunately you can achieve this in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Syntax

Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COLOR [attr][attr]

attr        Specifies color attribute of console output

Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits

·         the first corresponds to the background;

·         the second the foreground. Each digit can be any of the below values.

0 = Black	8 = Gray
1 = Blue	9 = Light Blue
2 = Green	A = Light Green
3 = Aqua	B = Light Aqua
4 = Red	C = Light Red
5 = Purple	D = Light Purple
6 = Yellow	E = Light Yellow
7 = White	F = Bright White

If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the current console window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry value. 

If only one digit is given, it will change the foreground color only.

The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the same. 

Examples

Color 0A