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Hello, I'd like to ask how to change the DOS background color. Black background with white text all the time is too monotonous. Please help.
Thanks

I want to know too

There is a line in config.sys: menucolor=7,0. Just change those two numbers.

Sets the default foreground and background colors of the console.

COLOR

attr Specifies the color attribute of the console output

Color attributes are specified by two hexadecimal digits -- the first is the background, and the second is the
foreground. Each digit can be any one of the following values:

0 = black 8 = gray
1 = blue 9 = light blue
2 = green A = light green
3 = cyan B = light cyan
4 = red C = light red
5 = purple D = light purple
6 = yellow E = light yellow
7 = white F = bright white

If no argument is given, this command restores the color to the one in effect when CMD.EXE
was started. This value comes from the current console window, the /T switch, or
the DefaultColor registry value.

If the COLOR command is executed with the same foreground and background color, the COLOR command
will set ERRORLEVEL to 1.

For example: "COLOR fc" produces light red on bright white

Where do I set this console command?

I'm a newbie, please give me some pointers!

Dianji already explained it very clearly.

Everyone:
What I mean is in pure DOS, a blue-background, white-text screen environment, not in CMD or in a menu item.

I want to know too, bump!

Too deep, I can't understand it. I need to work hard

There is one way,
load ansi.sys in config.sys,
then use ansi escape sequence in the prompt to change the foreground and background colors.
For example, add this in autoexec.bat:
prompt $E

Right, can this be done by modifying DOS system files?

Look at the notes, use color attr 07
To change the color, use color 70 etc. (70 is the color code)