How do I get the color orange in c++ (console app)

Try system("Color C"); it's the closest orange color in C++.

For a windows system

First include windows.h with the other includes.

Next type this line of code:

HANDLE hCounsoleOut = GetStdHandle (STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); //enable color change

next before you make a cout << "Hello World" command type the following

SetConsoleTextAttribute(hCounsoleOut, FOREGROUND_GREEN);

To explain a little what is going on, this function takes in a bitmap (not the image type but bits in a certain order.)

• Without worrying about bits this is what you need to know: To change the text use FORGROUND_(some color here)

• For the background you would type BACKGROUND_(some color here)

Now before you type in just any old color you need to know something, You can only type in Red Blue and Green. But you can type in more then one by doing the bit-wise operation OR (|) so here is an example:

SetConsoleTextAttribute(hCounsoleOut, FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_RED);

If you want to change the foreground and background both, no problems:

SetConsoleTextAttribute(hCounsoleOut, FOREGROUND_GREEN | BACKGROUND_RED);

There is one more thing to note, if you want to back the background or foreground brighter you can use INTENSITY here is an example:

SetConsoleTextAttribute(hCounsoleOut, FOREGROUND_RED | BACKGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);