How can I change the color of my prompt in zsh (different from normal text)?

Question

To recognize better the start and the end of output on a commandline, I want to change the color of my prompt, so that it is visibly different from the programs output. As I

Answer 1

I don't think the autoload -U colors && colors is needed anymore and one can simply do:

PS1="%{%F{red}%}%n%{%f%}@%{%F{blue}%}%m %{%F{yellow}%}%~ %{$%f%}%% "

to achieve the same result as FireDude's answer. See the ZSH documentation for more info.