194 COLOUR Purpose This statement selects the colour in which the computer is to print the text and also its background. The command has a number of variations which are most easily explained by example. Type in the following: MODE 5 COLOUR 1 COLOUR 2 COLOUR 3 and press RETURN at the end of each line as usual. As you will have seen, these commands change the colour of the text. This is often called the ‘text foreground colour’. Now try COLOUR 129 COLOUR 130 COLOUR 128 These numbers change the ‘text background colour’. In any two colour MODE ( MODE 0 , 3 , 4 or 6 ) the following normally apply:
Foreground Background Colour 0 128 Black 1 129 White In any four colour MODE ( MODE 1 or 5 ) the following normally apply: Foreground Background Colour 0 128 Black 1 129 Red 2 130 Yellow 3 131 White In MODE 2 the following normally apply: