ConsoleColor Enumeration
Specifies constants that define foreground and background colors for the console.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Black | The color black. | |
| Blue | The color blue. | |
| Cyan | The color cyan (blue-green). | |
| DarkBlue | The color dark blue. | |
| DarkCyan | The color dark cyan (dark blue-green). | |
| DarkGray | The color dark gray. | |
| DarkGreen | The color dark green. | |
| DarkMagenta | The color dark magenta (dark purplish-red). | |
| DarkRed | The color dark red. | |
| DarkYellow | The color dark yellow (ochre). | |
| Gray | The color gray. | |
| Green | The color green. | |
| Magenta | The color magenta (purplish-red). | |
| Red | The color red. | |
| White | The color white. | |
| Yellow | The color yellow. |
The following example saves the values of the ConsoleColor enumeration to an array and stores the current values of the BackgroundColor and ForegroundColor properties to variables. It then changes the foreground color to each color in the ConsoleColor enumeration except to the color that matches the current background, and it changes the background color to each color in the ConsoleColor enumeration except to the color that matches the current foreground. (If the foreground color is the same as the background color, the text isn't visible.) Finally, it calls the ResetColor method to restore the original console colors.
Public Module Example Public Sub Main() ' Get an array with the values of ConsoleColor enumeration members. Dim colors() As ConsoleColor = ConsoleColor.GetValues(GetType(ConsoleColor)) ' Save the current background and foreground colors. Dim currentBackground As ConsoleColor = Console.BackgroundColor Dim currentForeground As ConsoleColor = Console.ForegroundColor ' Display all foreground colors except the one that matches the background. Console.WriteLine("All the foreground colors except {0}, the background color:", currentBackground) For Each color In colors If color = currentBackground Then Continue For Console.ForegroundColor = color Console.WriteLine(" The foreground color is {0}.", color) Next Console.WriteLine() ' Restore the foreground color. Console.ForegroundColor = currentForeground ' Display each background color except the one that matches the current foreground color. Console.WriteLine("All the background colors except {0}, the foreground color:", currentForeground) For Each color In colors If color = currentForeground then Continue For Console.BackgroundColor = color Console.WriteLine(" The background color is {0}.", color) Next ' Restore the original console colors. Console.ResetColor Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Original colors restored...") End Sub End Module 'The example displays output like the following: ' The background color is DarkCyan. ' The background color is DarkRed. ' The background color is DarkMagenta. ' The background color is DarkYellow. ' The background color is Gray. ' The background color is DarkGray. ' The background color is Blue. ' The background color is Green. ' The background color is Cyan. ' The background color is Red. ' The background color is Magenta. ' The background color is Yellow. ' ' Original colors restored...
Available since 2.0