Originally Posted by MagikMan74

Of course, if you're just wanting to change the color as you're typing it, then the above is a bit much. A simpler way would be to use this:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream.h>
 
int main()
{
   SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), 0); //replace the 0 with a number for the color you want
 
   cout << "Your text here" << endl;
 
   return 0;
}

#include <windows.h> #include <iostream.h> int main() { SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), 0); //replace the 0 with a number for the color you want cout << "Your text here" << endl; return 0; }