:: Here is a bat to change the colors on the fly.

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rem If you get an "Out of environment space" message, increase your
rem environment space by using shell configuration in config.sys:
rem  example: shell=c:\dos\command.com /e:1024 /p

rem If no parameters, show the color table
if "%1"=="" goto _help

rem Make the TextColor parameter uppercase
set tmp_=%path%
path=%1
set upcase1_=%path%
path=%tmp_%

rem Make the BackgroundColor parameter uppercase
set upcase2_=
if "%2"=="" goto _assign
set tmp_=%path%
path=%2
set upcase2_=%path%
path=%tmp_%

:_assign
rem Set the appropriate ansi codes into variables
set text_=InvalidTextColor
for %%n in (0 BLACK) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (1 BLUE) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (2 GREEN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (3 CYAN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (4 RED) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (5 MAGENTA) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (6 BROWN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (7 LIGHTGRAY) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (9 LIGHTGBLUE) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (10 LIGHTGREEN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (11 LIGHTCYAN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (12 LIGHTRED) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (13 LIGHTMAGENTA) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (14 YELLOW) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=
for %%n in (15 WHITE) do if "%%n"=="%upcase1_%" set text_=

if not "%2"=="" set back_=InvalidBckColor
for %%n in (0 BLACK) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=
for %%n in (1 BLUE) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=
for %%n in (2 GREEN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=
for %%n in (3 CYAN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=
for %%n in (4 RED) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=
for %%n in (5 MAGENTA) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=
for %%n in (6 BROWN) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=
for %%n in (7 LIGHTGRAY) do if "%%n"=="%upcase2_%" set back_=

rem Were the color parameters valid
if "%text_%"=="InvalidTextColor" goto _err1
if "%back_%"=="InvalidBckColor" goto _err2

rem Set the new color attributes and clear the screen
echo %text_%
if not "%back_%"=="" echo %back_%
echo 
goto _out

:_err1
echo Invalid TextColor %1
goto _out

:_err2
echo Invalid BackgroundColor %2
goto _out

:_help
echo Usage: COLOR TextColor[orNumber] ackgroundColor[orNumber]]
echo.
echo 0 Black
echo 1 Blue
echo 2 Green
echo 3 Cyan
echo 4 Red
echo 5 Magenta
echo 6 Brown
echo 7 LightGray
echo 9 LightBlue
echo 10 LightGreen
echo 11 LightCyan
echo 12 LightRed
echo 13 LightMagenta
echo 14 Yellow
echo 15 White
goto _out

:_out
set upcase1_=
set upcase2_=
set text_=
set back_=
set tmp_=

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