Colorizing text in the console with C++

Question

How can I write colored text to the console with C++? That is, how can I write different text with different colors?

Answer 1

The simplest way you can do is:

#include 

system("Color F3");

Where "F" is the code for the background color and 3 is the code for the text color.

Mess around with it to see other color combinations:

system("Color 1A");
std::cout << "Hello, what is your name?" << std::endl;
system("Color 3B");
std::cout << "Hello, what is your name?" << std::endl;
system("Color 4c");
std::cout << "Hello, what is your name?" << std::endl;

Note: I only tested on Windows. Works. As pointed out, this is not cross-platform, it will not work on Linux systems.