How to Change Colours in Command Prompt

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.

Steps

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   Click the Start button.
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   Click "Run..."
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   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.
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   Type 'color 6' to have yellow text, 'color 4' to have red text, 'color A' to have light green text etc. ( Ignore all quotes )
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   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.

Using the GUI

Open Command Prompt. Right-click on the top. Click on Properties. Go to the Colors tab. Select text or background and edit the color values. Play around with the combinations!

List of Possible Colors

• 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

Tips

• Be careful of the spellings of 'color' and do not type 'colour'. Otherwise it will not work.