Microsoft KB Archive/35141

Text Colors with printf ID Number: Q35141

5.x MS-DOS

Summary:

Under the following EGA and text screen modes, printf has a foreground of color 7 (gray by default) and a background of color 0 (black by default):

_TEXTBW40 _TEXTC40 _TEXTBW80 _TEXTC80 _TEXTMONO _MRES16COLOR _HRES16COLOR _ERESCOLOR _VRES16COLOR _MRES256COLOR

The color of color 0 and color 7 can be changed through the use of ANSI.SYS escape codes in text mode, or by using the _remapalette function in graphics mode.