PowerShell/docs/list-console-colors.md

The list-console-colors.ps1 Script

This PowerShell script lists all available console colors.

Parameters

/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/list-console-colors.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./list-console-colors.ps1



Color     As Foreground     As Background
-----     -------------     -------------
...

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Lists all console colors
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script lists all available console colors.
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./list-console-colors.ps1

	Color     As Foreground     As Background
	-----     -------------     -------------
	...
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

try {
	$colors = [Enum]::GetValues([ConsoleColor])
	""
	"COLOR          FOREGROUND     BACKGROUND"
	"-----          ----------     ----------"
	foreach($color in $colors) {
		$color = "$color              "
		$color = $color.substring(0, 15)
		Write-Host "$color" -noNewline
		Write-Host "$color" -foregroundColor $color -noNewline
		Write-Host "$color" -backgroundColor $color
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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