Command COLOUR

Function:

Sets foreground and background colours inside a batch program.

COLOUR foreground [background]

foreground	Text foreground colour.
background	Text background colour.

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 Programs.