Changing font color in C++

[Icarus27]

I am writing a program for my Computer Science class and I am making a game for extra credit. What I need to know is how do you change the font color so that when it prints out on the screen the text is not just the regular white color but maybe blue, red, green, etc.

Thanks
Erik

[Ganon11]

If you are using windows, and your output is in a standard DOS command prompt, you can use the following function call:

system("color fg");

where f and g are color values. f is the background color, and g is the text color. The color values are as follows:

0 = Black       8 = Gray
1 = Blue        9 = Light Blue
2 = Green       A = Light Green
3 = Aqua        B = Light Aqua
4 = Red         C = Light Red
5 = Purple      D = Light Purple
6 = Yellow      E = Light Yellow
7 = White       F = Bright White

For instance, if you wanted black background with red text, the function call would be

system("color 0c");

If your output is not in a command prompt, you may wish to consider using the conio library.

[manontheedge]

Is it possible to have for example, one line that is red, while the rest of the text is white? or does all of the text ( or background ) have to be the same color at any given time?

[smithan]

I am writing a program for my Computer Science class and I am making a game for extra credit. What I need to know is how do you change the font color so that when it prints out on the screen the text is not just the regular white color but maybe blue, red, green, etc.

Thanks
Erik

if u are working on linux, u may be using gtkmm, then these links may be of help
http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/tutorial/html/index.html
http://gtkmm.sourcefor ge.net/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/group__Widgets. html

thanks
smitha