Batch Colors

Batch scripts to set colors variables for windows prompt.

Descripion

This repository contains .bat files to set windows' colors environment variables. With those variables you can colorize your echoes or your prompt when using the cmd.

Usage

You can:

• Set the variables for a specific session of the cmd.exe. After close the cmd.exe you will have to do it again if you want to use them.
  • Dowload set_vars.bat
  • Run path\to\set_vars.bat
• Save the variables in your user environment. You will have to do it only once per user.
  • Download save_vars.bat
  • Run path\to\save_vars.bat or
  • Double click save_vars.bat file.

Then, use the variable with the %VAR_NAME% syntax wherever you want.

IMPORTANT: Remember to put %COLOR_RESET% at the end.

Variables list

• COLOR_BLACK
• COLOR_BLUE
• COLOR_CYAN
• COLOR_GREEN
• COLOR_PURPLE
• COLOR_RED
• COLOR_WHITE
• COLOR_YELLOW
• COLOR_BRIGHTBLACK
• COLOR_BRIGHTBLUE
• COLOR_BRIGHTCYAN
• COLOR_BRIGHTGREEN
• COLOR_BRIGHTPURPLE
• COLOR_BRIGHTRED
• COLOR_BRIGHTWHITE
• COLOR_BRIGHTYELLOW
• COLOR_BG_BLACK
• COLOR_BG_BLUE
• COLOR_BG_CYAN
• COLOR_BG_GREEN
• COLOR_BG_PURPLE
• COLOR_BG_RED
• COLOR_BG_WHITE
• COLOR_BG_YELLOW
• COLOR_RESET

Examples

The colors may vary according to your terminal.
Screenshots taken on Windows Terminal with One Half Dark theme, useAcrylic true and acrylicOpacity 0.5.

Colored echo

File set_vars.bat was on C:\Users\isquicha\Desktop\set_vars.bat

Screenshot taken before the commit that removes whitespace after colors. Ignore the whitespace before the hello on the output.

Colored prompt

All colors

You can run the example script.