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  • X Xiangyang Liu

    you can find out with dos command: "color x", where x = 1, 2, 3, ..., a, b, c, d, e, f

    My Younger Son & His "PET"

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    Xiangyang Liu
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    C:\>color /? Sets the default console foreground and background colors. COLOR [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 following 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. 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. Example: "COLOR fc" produces light red on bright white

    My Younger Son & His "PET"

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    • realJSOPR realJSOP

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

      I'm old. I know stuff.

      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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      Lost User
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      #11

      Ok. I probably was thinking more of the garish CGA colors

      And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
      "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

      And I smiled and was happy
      And it came worse.

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      • X Xiangyang Liu

        you can find out with dos command: "color x", where x = 1, 2, 3, ..., a, b, c, d, e, f

        My Younger Son & His "PET"

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        Jason Hooper
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        #12

        If only google indexed the internet, I would not have had to ask. Not my fault.

        Jason

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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          He wasn't asking how to find it (and the answer is, of course, google), he was testing our memory.

          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
          -----
          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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          Xiangyang Liu
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          You are right, I misunderstood his post. I am amazed at how much we can do with DOS commands, if only we learn/remember how to do it.

          My Younger Son & His "PET"

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          • realJSOPR realJSOP

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

            I'm old. I know stuff.

            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
            -----
            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
            -----
            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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            Espen Harlinn
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            John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

            I know stuff

            That's an unfair advantage - knowledge is not supposed to mean anything, it usually ruins good discussions - and as it has not been endorsed by w3c, it can't be worth sh*t. ;)

            Espen Harlinn Senior Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services

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            • realJSOPR realJSOP

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

              I'm old. I know stuff.

              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
              -----
              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
              -----
              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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              GenJerDan
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              10% = Silver 5% = Gold

              So I rounded up my camel Just to ask him for a smoke He handed me a Lucky, I said "Hey, you missed the joke." My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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              • L Lost User

                Ok. I probably was thinking more of the garish CGA colors

                And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
                "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

                And I smiled and was happy
                And it came worse.

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                OriginalGriff
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                Garish - but not necessarily usable: Doom in CGA[^] (YouTube, SFW)

                Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • realJSOPR realJSOP

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

                  I'm old. I know stuff.

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                  -----
                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                  -----
                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  My first machines were all green monochrome, so these colors were all shades of green. When I first ran one of my apps on a color monitor I was amazed!

                  Regards, Nish


                  My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com You've gotta read this : Using lambdas - C++ vs. C# vs. C++/CX vs. C++/CLI

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                  • J Jason Hooper

                    All right.. let's hear it. Who remember's the whole sequence: 1 - Blue 2 - Green 3 - Cyan 4 - ???

                    Jason

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                    Luc Pattyn
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                    You can see the 16 colors all at once, in their normal order on all kinds of Windows machines, young or old: use CommandPrompt/Properties/Colors :)

                    Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                    • L Luc Pattyn

                      You can see the 16 colors all at once, in their normal order on all kinds of Windows machines, young or old: use CommandPrompt/Properties/Colors :)

                      Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                      Jason Hooper
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                      #19

                      Nice one, didn't think of that :-D

                      Jason

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                      • G GenJerDan

                        10% = Silver 5% = Gold

                        So I rounded up my camel Just to ask him for a smoke He handed me a Lucky, I said "Hey, you missed the joke." My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                        djdanlib 0
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                        Resistance is futile (if < 1 ohm)

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                          Resistance is futile (if < 1 ohm)

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                          GenJerDan
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                          I reluctantly agree.

                          So I rounded up my camel Just to ask him for a smoke He handed me a Lucky, I said "Hey, you missed the joke." My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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