Question

Is this possible?

I know it’s possible in the command prompt using COLOR ##

but is it possible in C using bloodshed?

Thanks,

Answer 1

If you’re on *nix, osx, or using cygwin msys on windows, your terminal should support the ANSI sequences Fred Larson mentions (not sure about osx). The normal windows terminal does not. But bloodshed can use cygwin, so you’re in luck.

Here’s an example:

#include <stdio.h>

#define BOLDMAGENTA "\033[1;35m"
#define BOLDGREEN "\033[1;32m"

int main(void) {
    printf("%shello %sworld\n", BOLDMAGENTA, BOLDGREEN);
    return 0;
}

Note that this leaves the terminal in bright green, but if your prompt sets colours, that will get reset.

Here’s some explanation of ANSI escape codes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code