In C++, the setcolor() function is used to define color of the object and text in graphics mode. This function can be used to customize text color according to your need. To use this function include "graphics.h" header file in your program.

Syntax of setcolor() Function

The general syntax of this Function is as looks like:

setcolor(color_value);

Where:

color_value

It represents value of specific color that is from 0 to 15. It may also be a numerical constant identifier such as RED, GREEN or BLUE etc.

Table of Colors Name and Values

Name	Value
BLACK	0
BLUE	1
GREEN	2
CYAN	3
RED	4
MAGENTA	5
BROWN	6
LIGHTGRAY	7
DARKGRAY	8
LIGHTBLUE	9
LIGHTGREEN	10
LIGHTCYAN	11
LIGHTRED	12
LIGHTMAGENTA	13
YELLOW	14
WHITE	15

Example of setcolor() Function

The following C++ program displays text "Best of Luck" in various colors.

#include
#include
#include
using namespace std;
  main()
   {
      int driver, mode, co;
      driver = DETECT;
      initgraph (&driver, &mode, " ");
      cleardevice();
      for (co = 0; c      {
         settextstyle (0, 0, 2);
         outtextxy (100, 10+co*20, "Best of Luck");
         outtextxy(450, 400, "Press any key");
         getch();
      }
  closegraph();
}