Small Basic - TextWindow Colors

In Small Basic, you can change the background and foreground colors of the text window's output text using the BackgroundColor and ForegroundColor properties of TextWindow.

You specify the desired color by number or by name. The permissible values are shown here:

Figure: The available TextWindow colors

For example, to output your text in yellow, you can use the word "Yellow" or the number 14:

TextWindow.ForegroundColor = "Yellow"  ' Uses color name

TextWindow.ForegroundColor = 14              ' Uses color number

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See Also

• Small Basic: Color
• Small Basic: IDE Colors
• Small Basic Getting Started Guide: Appendix B: Colors
• Small Basic - About Hexadecimal Pen and Brush Colors
• Small Basic Curriculum: Lesson 1.2: Statements, Properties, and Operations
• Small Basic - The Properties of the TextWindow Object
• Small Basic Reference Documentation: TextWindow Object