Multiple foreground colors in PowerShell in one command

Question

I want to output many different foreground colors with one statement.

PS C:\\> Write-Host \"Red\" -ForegroundColor Red
Red

This output i

Answer 1

Slight modification to this one... I took version 2, removed the logging (because I don't want it), and then added a Boolean parameter, similar to -NoNewLine for Write-Host. I was specifically trying to add the ability to change the colors and prompt for user input on the same line so that I could highlight the default answer if the user does not enter anything.

I realize this was available in Write-HostColored (in a previous answer)... but sometimes you just want simpler code...

function Write-Color([String[]]$Text, [ConsoleColor[]]$Color = "White", [int]$StartTab = 0, [int] $LinesBefore = 0,[int] $LinesAfter = 0, [bool] $NewLine = $True) {

    # Notes:
    # - TimeFormat https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ffffd4.aspx
    #
    # Example:  Write-Color -Text "Red ", "Green ", "Yellow " -Color Red,Green,Yellow -NewLine $False
    #
    $DefaultColor = $Color[0]
    if ($LinesBefore -ne 0) {
        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $LinesBefore; $i++) {
            Write-Host "`n" -NoNewline
        }
    } # Add empty line before

    if ($StartTab -ne 0) {
        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $StartTab; $i++) {
            Write-Host "`t" -NoNewLine
        }
    }  # Add TABS before text

    if ($Color.Count -ge $Text.Count) {
        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Text.Length; $i++) {
            Write-Host $Text[$i] -ForegroundColor $Color[$i] -NoNewLine
        }
    }
    else {
        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Color.Length ; $i++) {
            Write-Host $Text[$i] -ForegroundColor $Color[$i] -NoNewLine
        }
        for ($i = $Color.Length; $i -lt $Text.Length; $i++) {
            Write-Host $Text[$i] -ForegroundColor $DefaultColor -NoNewLine
        }
    }

    if ($NewLine -eq $False) {
        Write-Host -NoNewLine
    }
    else {
        Write-Host
    }

    if ($LinesAfter -ne 0) {
        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $LinesAfter; $i++) {
            Write-Host "`n"
        }
    }  # Add empty line after

}  # END FUNCTION Write-Color

Sample of what I was trying to accomplish:

Write-Color -Text "Is this correct? ","[y]","/n" -Color White, Magenta, White -NewLine $False ; Read-Host " "