How to echo with different colors in the Windows command line

Question

I know that the color bf command sets the colors of the whole command line window but I wanted to to print one single line in a different color.

Answer 1

I just converted from Win 7 Home to Win 10 Pro and wanted to replace the batch I call from other batches to echo info in color. Reviewing what is discussed above I use the following which will directly replace my previous batch. NOTE the addition of "~" to the message so that messages with spaces may be used. Instead of remembering codes I use letters for the colors I needed.

If %2 contains spaces requires "..." %1 Strong Colors on black: R=Red G=GREEN Y=YELLOW W=WHITE

ECHO OFF
IF "%1"=="R" ECHO ^[91m%~2[0m
IF "%1"=="G" ECHO ^[92m%~2[0m
IF "%1"=="Y" ECHO ^[93m%~2[0m
IF "%1"=="W" ECHO ^[97m%~2[0m