Change Background color on C# console application

Question

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• How do I change the full background color of the console window in C#? 3 answers

Ive searched the Web, but i cant seem to find the solution. I want my whole console application window to be a specific color, for example blue. How do I do that?

Answer 1

You can set Console.BackgroundColor property to ConsoleColor enumeration..

Gets or sets the background color of the console. To change the background color of the > console window as a whole, set the BackgroundColor property and call the Clear method.

Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Blue;
Console.Clear();

And you can use Console.ForegroundColor property for

Gets or sets the foreground color of the console.

Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Blue;

Answer 2

Console.ForegroundColor = Color.Blue;

Console.WriteLine("This string is blue!");

Answer 3

The OP question was asking for how to set the entire background color to blue. None of the other samples shows this correctly. Here's how:

namespace ClearConsole
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Blue;
            Console.Clear();

        }
    }
}

Answer 4

Simply set the background color and call Console.Clear():

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Blue;
        Console.Clear();
        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
        Console.Write("Press any key to continue");
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}