# Mnemonics

'COLOUR' & '_COLOUR' | User-Defined Colours

GUI Display/Printer or Character Display

## Format

Foreground: | 'COLOUR' ("RGB: n n n" | num | name$) 'COLOR' ("RGB: n n n" | num | name$)
Background: | '_COLOUR' ("RGB: n n n" | num | name$) '_COLOR' ("RGB: n n n" | num | name$)
Where: |
name$ | Pre-defined colour name; e.g. 'COLOR'("Light Blue") or HTML Hex colour code; e.g. '_COLOR'("#800000").
num | Pre-defined (0 - 15) or user-defined (16 - 254) colour number (n = 0 - 254).
RGB: n n n | Three number RGB value (n = 0 - 255).

## Description

All input or output following this mnemonic will be set to the defined foreground or background colour.

## See Also

'OPTION' On-the-Fly Setting