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cmd.exe: colored output with echo

In Windows 10, it is possible to write colored output using the echo command. This is demonstrated with the following simple batch file:

@ echo off

rem
rem  Forground colors
rem

echo [30m Black (dark)
echo [31m Red (dark)
echo [32m Green (dark)
echo [33m Yellow (dark)
echo [34m Blue (dark)
echo [35m Magenta (dark)
echo [36m Cyan (dark)
echo [37m White (dark)

echo [90m Black (light)
echo [91m Red (light)
echo [92m Green (light)
echo [93m Yellow (light)
echo [94m Blue (light)
echo [95m Magenta (light)
echo [96m Cyan (light)
echo [97m White (light)

rem
rem  Background colors
rem

echo [40m Black (dark)
echo [41m Red (dark)
echo [42m Green (dark)
echo [43m Yellow (dark)
echo [44m Blue (dark)
echo [45m Magenta (dark)
echo [46m Cyan (dark)
echo [47m White (dark)

echo [100m Black (light)
echo [101m Red (light)
echo [102m Green (light)
echo [103m Yellow (light)
echo [104m Blue (light)
echo [105m Magenta (light)
echo [106m Cyan (light)
echo [107m White (light)

rem
rem   Reset:
rem
echo [0m

echo [1m Bold      [0m
echo.
echo [4m Underline [0m
echo.
echo [7m Inverse   [0m

Github repository about-cmd.exe, path: /commands/echo/colored-output.bat

The script, when run on a black background, prints

cmd.exe: colored output with echo

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