How to Temporarily Change the Color of CMD in Windows 11

Step 1. Open Command Prompt

Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog. Type cmd and press Enter. This opens a regular Command Prompt window.

Step 2. Change Text Color

Inside the open CMD window, type the code below to change the text color.

color [text]

For example:

color A

Change the text color into light green.

Step 3. Change Text & Background Color

You can also combine background and text colors to change them together:

color [background][text]

For example:

color 1A

Where 1 is background (blue), and A is text (light green).

Step 4. Color Codes Chart

Here are the available color codes, each letter corresponds to a color code:

Some other examples:

color 4F

Red background, bright white text.

color E2

Light yellow background, green text.

Step 5. Reset to default

To reset to default color (black background, white text), simply enter the command below:

color