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'B#' |
Background Colour |
GUI Display/Printer or Character Display
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# |
Numeric colour code. Supported colour codes are: |
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# |
Colour Name |
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# |
Colour Name |
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0 |
Black (default for text mode device) |
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8 |
Dark Gray |
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1 |
Dark Red |
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9 |
Light Red |
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2 |
Dark Green |
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: |
Light Green |
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3 |
Dark Yellow |
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; |
Light Yellow |
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4 |
Dark Blue |
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< |
Light Blue |
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5 |
Dark Magenta |
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= |
Light Magenta |
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6 |
Dark Cyan |
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> |
Light Cyan |
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7 |
White (default for graphical device) |
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? |
Light Gray |
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Use the format above to begin outputting a background colour to a device (i.e. PRINT, INPUT, etc.).
On a graphical device (Windows, PDF, Printers), the default background colour is White, whereas on text mode devices, the default background is Black. The 16 colour codes are in ASCII sequence from 0 to ?, which are similar to the same colour codes for 'F#' Foreground Colour; however, the background colours have the dark/light colours flipped.
In this example, the prompt and user's response will both be in White text on a Blue background:
input 'B4','white',"Please enter your name: ",NAME$,