Changing printf/cout's color in the command box?

Hi, it's me again.

I want to know how to change the color of printf's output.

say I wanted to printf("hello world");
but instead of the output:
hello world
I wanted the output:
hello world
How could I go about doing that without changing the graphics mode?

Ok, the reason i need this is because I want to fade in a bit of text. i've figured part out, here's an example:

Code:

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#include <conio.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
        sleep(100);
        textcolor(8);
        printf("hello");
        sleep(100);
        textcolor(7);
        clrscr();
        printf("hello");
        sleep(100);
        textcolor(15);
        clrscr();
        printf("hello");
                return 0;
}

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but I looks jerky and awful. There aren't enough colors that are shades of grey. Do i need to change the pallette or something? also, how can I get rid of the blinking cursor(urg)