Command COLOUR

Function:

Sets foreground and background colours inside a batch file.

Syntax:

COLOUR foreground [background]

foreground	Text foreground colour .
background	Text background colour.

Valid foreground and background colours include :-

1. System Colours. These colours are predefined and the actual colour displayed depends on which colour is associated to each of the following :-
   

   FILENAME	- file and path names
   NUMBER	- numbers
   TEXT	- plain text
   HIGHTEXT	- highlighted text
   BOLDTEXT	- bold text
   ENVNAME	- environment variable names
   ENVSTR	- environment variable strings
   ERROR	- error messages
   LHS	- left hand side of equal signs
   HIGHLHS	- highlighted left hand side of equal signs
   RHS	- right hand side of equal signs
   FILEDATE	- file dates
   FILETIME	- file times
   FILEATTRIB	- file attributes
   FILEDESC	- file descriptions
   BACKGRD	- background

2. Fix colours. These colours are fixed. :-
   

   WHITE

   GREY

   BLACK

   RED

   GREEN

   BLUE

   CYAN

   MAGENTA

   YELLOW

Note:

When the background parameter is not specified the BACKGRD system colour is assumed.

Also see Custom Colours and Colour Schemes and Batch Files.