Thread: How do you add colour to the text in DOS?

Include conio.h. Then use the following function:

textcolor(int color)

That will change the text color, but it does not come into effect unless you clear the screen:

clrscr();

So, here is some example code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main (void)
{
textcolor(RED);
clrscr();
cout << "Hello, World!";
getch();
return 0;
}

to prevent confuson i'll ask first, are you usin a console?

repost,

the colors can be mixed

FOREGROUND_BLUE Text color contains blue.
FOREGROUND_GREEN Text color contains green.
FOREGROUND_RED Text color contains red.
FOREGROUND_INTENSITY Text color is intensified.
BACKGROUND_BLUE Background color contains blue.
BACKGROUND_GREEN Background color contains green.
BACKGROUND_RED Background color contains red.
BACKGROUND_INTENSITY Background color is intensified.

Code:

#include <windows.h>

int main()
{

    HANDLE hStdout;
    hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); 
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout, FOREGROUND_RED);
    
    printf("WWWWOOOOO MY TEXT IS RED WWOOOOO!!");
    return 0;
}

that is C, it should work fine...