Setting Text Color

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This escape sets the foreground and background colors used to print subsequent text. On color printers, the colors will match exactly. For most monochrome printers, Windows will convert colors to an appropriately adjusted grayscale.

Parameter	Value or Description
Lead-in	<ESC>c
Sequence	Red FG, Green FG, Blue FG, Red BG, Green BG, Blue BG
Termination	null

Each element in "sequence" is specified in the 0-255 range

Example

Sets text color to white on a blue background:

PRINT CHR$(27);"c";

PRINT "255,255,255";

! white foreground

PRINT "0,0,255";CHR$(0);

! blue background