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Sets the screen display colors.

COLOR [foreground%] [,[background%] [,border%]]    Screen mode 0 (text only)
COLOR [background%] [,palette%]                    Screen mode 1
COLOR [foreground%]                                Screen modes 4, 12, 13
COLOR [foreground%] [,background&]                 Screen modes 7-10

    ■ foreground%    A number that sets the foreground screen color. In
      foreground&    screen mode 0, foreground% is a color attribute that
                     sets the text color. In other screen modes, foreground%
                     a color attribute or 4-bit color value (screen mode 4
                     only) that sets the text and line-drawing color.
    ■ background%    A number that sets the background screen color. In
      background&    screen mode 0, background% is a color attribute. In
                     screen mode 1, background% is a 4-bit color value. In
                     screen modes 7-10, background& is a color value.
    ■ border%        A color attribute that sets the screen border color.
    ■ palette%       A number (0 or 1) that specifies which of two sets
                     of color attributes to use:

                     palette%    Attribute 1    Attribute 2    Attribute 3
                     ════════    ═══════════    ═══════════    ════════════
                     0           Green          Red            Brown
                     1           Cyan           Magenta        Bright white

    ■ The available color attributes and values depend on your graphics
      adapter and the screen mode set by the most recent SCREEN statement.
    ■ If your system is equipped with an EGA, VGA, or MCGA adapter, use the
      PALETTE statement to change the color assignments of color attributes.

Example:
    'This example requires a color graphics adapter.
    SCREEN 7
    FOR i% = 0 TO 15
        COLOR i%
        PRINT i%
    NEXT i%

See Also    ◄DRAW►    ◄PAINT►    ◄PALETTE, PALETTE USING►    ◄SCREEN►
            ◄Color Attributes and Values►    ◄Screen Modes►
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