How to echo with different colors in the Windows command line

Solution for changing the foreground and background colors and writing without new lines.<br>
It does not create any temporary files.
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No special editors are required, so Notepad can be used for editing.<br><br>
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The first parameter for the **:color** subroutine is the color code, the rest of the (optional) parameters are the text to display. If the last parameter is **$** then a new line is written at the end.<br>
The color codes are the same as for the [color][1] command.<br>
The **:echo** subroutine can be used to display a text without new line (unlike regular echo).

@echo off
call :color 4
call :echo Red foreground
call :color 7 " and "
call :color 4f
echo Red background

call :color
echo Back to normal

call :color 70 "Black "
call :color 1 "Blue "
call :color 2 "Green "
call :color 3 "Aqua "
call :color 4 "Red "
call :color 5 "Purple "
call :color 6 "Yellow "
call :color 7 "White "
call :color 8 "Gray "
call :color 9 "LightBlue" $
call :color a "LightGreen "
call :color b "LightAqua "
call :color c "LightRed "
call :color d "LightPurple "
call :color e "LightYellow "
call :color f "BrightWhite " $

call :color 1f Blue back
call :color 2f Green back
call :color 3f Aqua back
call :color 4f Red back
call :color 5f Purple back
call :color 6f Yellow back
call :color 7f White back
call :color 8f Gray back
call :color 9f "LightBlue back" $
call :color a0 LightGreen back
call :color b0 LightAqua back
call :color c0 LightRed back
call :color d0 LightPurple back
call :color e0 LightYellow back
call :color f0 LightWhite back $

call :color
echo %ESC%[4mUnderline%ESC%[0m.
pause


goto :eof

:: Displays a text without new line at the end (unlike echo)
:echo
@<nul set /p ="%*"
@goto :eof

:: Change color to the first parameter (same codes as for the color command)
:: And display the other parameters (write $ at the end for new line)
:color
@echo off
IF [%ESC%] == [] for /F %%a in ('echo prompt $E ^| cmd') do set "ESC=%%a"
SET color=0%1
IF [%color%] == [0] SET color=07
SET fore=%color:~-1%
SET back=%color:~-2,1%
SET color=%ESC%[
if %fore% LEQ 7 (
if %fore% == 0 SET color=%ESC%[30
if %fore% == 1 SET color=%ESC%[34
if %fore% == 2 SET color=%ESC%[32
if %fore% == 3 SET color=%ESC%[36
if %fore% == 4 SET color=%ESC%[31
if %fore% == 5 SET color=%ESC%[35
if %fore% == 6 SET color=%ESC%[33
if %fore% == 7 SET color=%ESC%[37
) ELSE (
if %fore% == 8 SET color=%ESC%[90
if %fore% == 9 SET color=%ESC%[94
if /i %fore% == a SET color=%ESC%[92
if /i %fore% == b SET color=%ESC%[96
if /i %fore% == c SET color=%ESC%[91
if /i %fore% == d SET color=%ESC%[95
if /i %fore% == e SET color=%ESC%[93
if /i %fore% == f SET color=%ESC%[97
)
if %back% == 0 (SET color=%color%;40) ELSE (
if %back% == 1 SET color=%color%;44
if %back% == 2 SET color=%color%;42
if %back% == 3 SET color=%color%;46
if %back% == 4 SET color=%color%;41
if %back% == 5 SET color=%color%;45
if %back% == 6 SET color=%color%;43
if %back% == 7 SET color=%color%;47
if %back% == 8 SET color=%color%;100
if %back% == 9 SET color=%color%;104
if /i %back% == a SET color=%color%;102
if /i %back% == b SET color=%color%;106
if /i %back% == c SET color=%color%;101
if /i %back% == d SET color=%color%;105
if /i %back% == e SET color=%color%;103
if /i %back% == f SET color=%color%;107
)
SET color=%color%m
:repeatcolor
if [%2] NEQ [$] SET color=%color%%~2
shift
if [%2] NEQ [] if [%2] NEQ [$] SET color=%color% & goto :repeatcolor
if [%2] EQU [$] (echo %color%) else (<nul set /p ="%color%")
goto :eof


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