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'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$,