c# console colours code example

Example 1: c# console background color

Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;

Example 2: c# change colour of console

Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen;
            Console.Clear();
            //green on green
            Console.WriteLine("yo");
            Console.ReadLine();

Example 3: c# color to console color

public static ConsoleColor FromColor(Color c)
        {
            int index = (c.R > 128 | c.G > 128 | c.B > 128) ? 8 : 0; // Bright bit
            index |= (c.R > 64) ? 4 : 0; // Red bit
            index |= (c.G > 64) ? 2 : 0; // Green bit
            index |= (c.B > 64) ? 1 : 0; // Blue bit

            return (System.ConsoleColor)index;
        }

Example 4: C# colours

List of C# Colours:

Black
Blue
Dark Blue
Cyan
Dark Cyan
Gray
Dark Gray
Green
Dark Green
Magenta
Dark Magenta
Red
Dark Red
Yellow
Dark Yellow

Example 5: f# console color

module Console =

    open System

    let log =
        let lockObj = obj()
        fun color s ->
            lock lockObj (fun _ ->
                Console.ForegroundColor <- color
                printfn "%s" s
                Console.ResetColor())

    let complete = log ConsoleColor.Magenta
    let ok = log ConsoleColor.Green
    let info = log ConsoleColor.Cyan
    let warn = log ConsoleColor.Yellow
    let error = log ConsoleColor.Red

module Main =

    let demo() = 
        let fileName = "myfile.txt"
        Console.info <| sprintf "Opening file %s" fileName