How to Change Colours in Command Prompt

Last Updated: March 19, 2016 Tested

Are you bored of the plain 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

1
Press windows + R to open run.
2
Type 'cmd' (without the quotes) and click ok.

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3
Type color z to get the list of all colors and numbers or letters assigned for them. The first letter/number in the command is the colour of the background and the second is the colour of the text.
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Type color letter/number to change the text color. Use the letter/number for the color you want. e.g. 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.

Method 1

Method 1 of 1:

Using the GUI

1
Open Command Prompt.
2
Right-click on the top.
3
Click on Properties.
4
Go to the Colors tab.
5
Select text or background and edit the color values.
- Play around with the combinations!
6
Click ok to apply changes.

Community Q&A

Question

Can I color certain letters or words?

Community Answer

Yes. Right click on the tab or image, then go to properties, then go to color and you can change the background color and the letters.
Question

How do I do this in a specific batch file?

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Community Answer

Simply type the same command line code you used into the batch before echoing.
Question

How do I change my command prompt color to a rainbow color?

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Community Answer

I do not think there is a way to change it to rainbow color.