JSI Tip 1266. Console color configurator.

Using Control Panel / Console / Colors, you can configure the console background and text colors.

NOTE: See tip 0336 for how this is stored in the registry.

You can also set the current (non-persistent) backround/text colors at a command prompt:

color BT

where B is the backgroung color and T is the text color, per the following table:

The default is 07, White text on a Black background. To rapidly cycle through all possible color combinations, so you can choose your defaults, run testcolor.bat, which contains:

@echo off
CLS
setlocal
for /l %%i in (0,1,15) do call :cycle1 %%i
endlocal
goto end
:cycle1
set /a cb=%1
if %cb% LSS 10 goto cycle11
if %cb% EQU 10 set cb=A&goto cycle11
if %cb% EQU 11 set cb=B&goto cycle11
if %cb% EQU 12 set cb=C&goto cycle11
if %cb% EQU 13 set cb=D&goto cycle11
if %cb% EQU 14 set cb=E&goto cycle11
set cb=F
:cycle11
for /l %%i in (0,1,15) do call :cycle2 %%i
goto end
:cycle2
set /a cf=%1
if %cf% LSS 10 goto cycle21
if %cf% EQU 10 set cf=A&goto cycle21
if %cf% EQU 11 set cf=B&goto cycle21
if %cf% EQU 12 set cf=C&goto cycle21
if %cf% EQU 13 set cf=D&goto cycle21
if %cf% EQU 14 set cf=E&goto cycle21
set cf=F
:cycle21
if %cb% EQU %cf% goto end
CLS
color %cb%%cf%
@echo color %cb%%cf%
REM You could use sleep 2 or Sleep 3 instead of pause
pause
:end