Text color in C++

[Janman]

Hello!
I'm new to C++, and I'm making a text game, where I want the text to be orange. The problem is that I can't figure out how to make it orange.
I've looked on many c++ pages source codes, but none of them wrote how to make the text orange.
I figured out that in CMD, when you enter "Color ?", but there are only 10 colors, and none of them are orange.

Can anyone tell how to solve this problem?


- Jan

[hamsterman]

console has 16 colors and orange is not one of them.

[CodyShort]

system("Color C"); is a light red color, its not exactly orange,but I'm not aware of any other way to change colors

[Mazd]

hamsterman!-Can you show me sample of changing to one of 16 console color. ?

[Mazd]

Thanks

CodyShort

for "system("Color C");" my question to

hamsterman

got answer.

[Mazd]

What about background color,guys?

[CodyShort]

No problem.. I'm glad this forum has a part dedicated to beginners

[CodyShort]

Google is your best friend... http://ss64.com/nt/color.html

[Mazd]

Thanks i tried this, it work :)
system("color fc");

[Mazd]

Thanks again for best link...

[CodyShort]

No problem I just hope ou pay around with text games for a while, but can eventually learn some graphics programming

[hamsterman]

system("color fc") will set the color of all text on the screen.
To change the color of specific text use http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686047(v=VS.85).aspx (if you use windows)

[kaduuk]

here's a topic where there's a better explanation (I believe from hamsterman) about how to change the background colour: http://cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/25985/

[Duthomhas]

Also:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/5830/#msg25972
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/5618/#msg25049
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/13158/#msg63351
Good luck!