Chapter
10
I
BASIC
Ke.ywords
C
OLOR/Text Statement
COLOR
[foreground]
,
[
background]
[,
border11
Selects the display colors
for
the foreground, background, and
border
for
displaying in text mode. To be in text mode, you must
have selected Screen Mode
0
with the SCREEN statement.
Foreground
is an integer in the range
0
to
31,
specifying the
foreground color. Colors
16-31
cause blinking foreground.
To
fig-
ure the color, add
16
to the color numbers defined in the
16
Color
Set in Chapter
8.
Background
is an integer in the range
0
to
7,
specifying the
background color.
COLORiText can use any
of
the colors in the
16
Color Set as
fore-
ground.
See Chapter
8
for
more information.
Note:
If you set
foreground
the same as
background,
the characters are invisible.
Border
is an integer in the range
0
to
15,
specifying the border
color.
If you omit any parameter, BASIC assumes the previous values
or
the default values.
Examples
COLOR
0,7
selects black characters on a white background.
COLOR 1
,0
selects blue characters on
a
black background.
COLOR
4,0
selects red characters on
a
black background.
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