Change Console Foreground Color, Background Color and Title in C#

This post explains how to change foreground color, background color and title of  console window in C#.

In some cases it is required to change the text color in console window depending on the context of application. For example, green color text indicating success or red color text indicating error/warning.

Here is the sample code -

Create a new project of type console application with a name "ConsoleDemoApp" and enter the code in Program.cs as shown here.

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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Web; using System.Threading; namespace ConsoleDemoApp { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { // We want to save the current console color and background color so we can restore it later ConsoleColor oldColor = Console.ForegroundColor; ConsoleColor oldBackgroundColor = Console.BackgroundColor; // Set the new console color to Green and background color to Gray Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green; Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGray; //set title of console window //If you don't set the title, the console window shows the fullpath of .exe in title Console.Title = "Console Demo Application"; // Tell everyone what this program is when it starts Console.WriteLine("Welcome to Demo Application"); Random random = new Random(); while (true) { Console.Write("Ask any question: "); string question = Console.ReadLine(); //console window exits until u enter either quit or exit if (question.ToLower() == "quit" || question.ToLower() == "exit") { break; } Console.Write("Answer: "); switch( random.Next(4) ) { case 0: Console.WriteLine("Yes!"); break; case 1: Console.WriteLine("No!"); break; case 2: Console.WriteLine("Probably."); break; case 3: Console.WriteLine("I don't understand!!!"); break; } } // Restore the old foreground color and background color Console.ForegroundColor = oldColor; Console.BackgroundColor = oldBackgroundColor; } } }

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