Question

how would you add color to text in c++

Answer 1

Do you mean the program source code or on the screen?

Answer 2

@christianGeek
i mean on the screen

Answer 3

What operating system? What graphics framework?

Answer 4

@ChristianGeek
At school I use a windows computer and at home I use a Mac

Answer 5

The problem is that the answer to your question is dependent on a number of different factors. In general, if you're programming to a modern graphics framework then you most likely have a font object and that object has several attributes you can set including color, size, style, etc. More traditional coding requires you to make a system call to set the color before drawing the text. Even with a modern graphics framework, the calls are different on Windows than they are on the Mac.

I would suggest you close the question and open a new one that asks more specifically. For example, if I was asking the question for the coding environment I work in, the question would be something like: "If I'm coding on Windows in C# with .NET 4, how do I put text on the screen and change its color?"