Thread: Color in C++

I want to add some basic colors into my C++ console program, just to give it some artistic value... or something like that.

What is the best way to go about this?

Depends. On windows, you might check out ::SetConsoleTextAttribute(..), detailed on MSDN and in this FAQ entry: http://www.sunlightd.com/Windows/FAQ...leChangeColour and on linux, I think the curses library provides some color functions. Some odd escape sequences I guess can be print'ed, as detailed in this article: http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/631241 for linux.

if your wanting to run in a normal CMD window, use the system("color xx") function.

to see the list of colors, open command prompt and type color ?/