Mnemonics 

'F#'

Foreground Colour

GUI Display/Printer or Character Display 

Where: 

#

Numeric colour code. Supported colour codes are:

#

Colour Name

     

#

Colour Name

     

0

Black (default for graphical device)

 

8

Dark Gray

 

1

Light Red

 

9

Dark Red

 

2

Light Green

 

:

Dark Green

 

3

Light Yellow

 

;

Dark Yellow

 

4

Light Blue

 

Dark Blue

 

5

Light Magenta

 

=

Dark Magenta

 

6

Light Cyan

 

Dark Cyan

 

7

White (default for text mode device)

 

?

Light Gray

 

Description

Use the format above to begin outputting a foreground colour to a device (i.e. PRINT, INPUT, etc.).

The 16 colour codes are in ASCII sequence from 0 to ?, which are similar to the same colour codes for 'B#' Background Colour; however, the foreground colours have the dark/light colours flipped.

See Also

'B#' Background Colour

Example

In this example, the prompt and user's response will be in White text on a Blue background:

input 'B4','F7',"Please enter your name: ",NAME$,