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COLOR - a graphics statement that selects display colors
 
SCREEN Mode 0 Syntax:  COLOR [foreground][,[background][,border]]
   ■ foreground is the text color (range = 0-31, with 16-31 blinking)
   ■ background is the screen color (range = 0-7)
   ■ border is the color surrounding the screen (range = 0-15)
     0 = black       4 = red           8 = grey             12 = light red
     1 = blue        5 = magenta       9 = light blue       13 = light magenta
     2 = green       6 = brown        10 = light green      14 = yellow
     3 = cyan        7 = white        11 = light cyan       15 = bright white
SCREEN Mode 1 Syntax:  COLOR [background][,palette]
   ■ background is the screen color (range = 0-15)
   ■ palette is a three-color palette (range = 0-1)
     0 = green, red, and brown         1 = cyan, magenta, and bright white
SCREEN Modes 7-10 Syntax:  COLOR [foreground][,background]
   ■ foreground is the line-drawing color (range = 0-15, except in Mode 10)
   ■ background is the screen color (ranges vary)
SCREEN Modes 11-13 Syntax:  COLOR [foreground]
   ■ foreground is the line-drawing color (ranges vary)
 
See Also  ◄SCREEN► - to see how the combination of mode set by the SCREEN
                     statement, the graphics adapter, and the display
                     determine available color ranges.
          ◄PALETTE► - to see how to use color attribute numbers in screen
                      modes 7-10, 12, and 13.