Print Coloured Text to Console in C++

Question

I would like to write a Console class that can output coloured text to the console.

So I can do something like (basically a wrapper for printf):

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Answer 1

#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    HANDLE hOut;

    hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_RED);
    cout << "Red     " << flush;
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_RED |
                            BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
    cout << "Red     " << endl;

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN);
    cout << "Green   " << flush;
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN |
                            BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
    cout << "Green   " << endl;

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE);
    cout << "Blue    " << flush;
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE |
                            BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
    cout << "Blue    " << endl;

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_RED | 
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN);
    cout << "Yellow  " << flush;
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_RED | 
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN |
                            BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
    cout << "Yellow  " << endl;

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN | 
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE);
    cout << "Cyan    " << flush;
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN | 
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE |
                            BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
    cout << "Cyan    " << endl;

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE | 
                            BACKGROUND_RED);
    cout << "Magenta " << flush;
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE | 
                            BACKGROUND_RED |
                            BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
    cout << "Magenta " << endl;

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_RED | 
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN | 
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE);
    cout << "White   " << flush;
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut,
                            BACKGROUND_RED | 
                            BACKGROUND_GREEN | 
                            BACKGROUND_BLUE |
                            BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
    cout << "White   " << endl;

    return 0;
}