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Color Attributes and Values
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Color monitor Monochrome monitor
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Color Default Displayed Default Displayed
attribute color value(a) color color value color
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SCREEN Modes 0, 7, 8, 9(b), 12, and 13
0 0 Black 0(c) Off
1 1 Blue Underlined(d)
2 2 Green 1(c) On(d)
3 3 Cyan 1(c) On(d)
4 4 Red 1(c) On(d)
5 5 Magenta 1(c) On(d)
6 6 Brown 1(c) On(d)
7 7 White 1(c) On(d)
8 8 Gray 0(c) Off
9 9 Light Blue High-intensity
Underlined
10 10 Light green 2(c) High-intensity
11 11 Light cyan 2(c) High-intensity
12 12 Light red 2(c) High-intensity
13 13 Light magenta 2(c) High-intensity
14 14 Yellow 2(c) High-intensity
15 15 High-intensity 0(c) Off
white
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SCREEN Modes 1 and 9(e)
0 0 Black 0 Off
1 11 Light cyan 2 High-intensity
2 13 Light magenta 2 High-intensity
3 15 High-intensity 0 Off white
white
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SCREEN Modes 2 and 11
0 0 Black 0 Off
1 15 High-intensity 0 Off white
white
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(a) EGA color numbers. VGA and MCGA use display-color values that produce
visually equivalent colors.
(b) For VGA or EGA with video memory > 64K.
(c) Only for mode 0.
(d) Off when used for background.
(e) EGA with video memory <= 64K.
See Also ◄COLOR► ◄PALETTE, PALETTE USING► ◄SCREEN►
◄Screen Modes►