Changing Color of Text In C++ Console

Question

I’m trying to change the color of my text in c++ i have scavengend the internet at this point. Could anyone help me I tried using “#include ” but that still does not work.

I swear i always forget to include this but i’m on Windows

Unfortunately there's no completely cross platform solution in standard C++. We'd need to know what platform you're on. — , Jun 16 '20 at 20:51
Does this answer your question? [C++ Win32 Console Color](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17125440/c-win32-console-color) — Yunnosch, Jun 16 '20 at 20:56
Most of the possible answers won't work unless you enable support, see https://stackoverflow.com/q/16755142/103167 — Ben Voigt, Jun 16 '20 at 20:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '20 at 20:57

I can't offer you a proper C++'ish solution, but - C libraries work well with C++, and ncurses can be your friend. Quoting from this answer:

#include <curses.h>

int main() {
    initscr();
    start_color();
    init_pair(1, COLOR_BLACK, COLOR_RED);
    attron(COLOR_PAIR(1));
    printw("This should be printed in black with a red background!\n");
    refresh();
    getch(); // so the program doesn't just quit immediately
    endwin(); // not very RAII, is it? :-(
}

Remember to link with -lcurses (on Unix-like machines); or use find_package(Curses REQUIRED) in your CMakeLists.txt, if you use CMake.

Changing Color of Text In C++ Console

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