List of all colors available for PowerShell?
Pretty grid
$colors = [enum]::GetValues([System.ConsoleColor])Foreach ($bgcolor in $colors){ Foreach ($fgcolor in $colors) { Write-Host "$fgcolor|" -ForegroundColor $fgcolor -BackgroundColor $bgcolor -NoNewLine } Write-Host " on $bgcolor"}
Updated colours in newer powershell:
https://gist.github.com/timabell/cc9ca76964b59b2a54e91bda3665499e
The console colors are in an enum called [System.ConsoleColor]. You can list all the values using the GetValues static method of [Enum]
[Enum]::GetValues([System.ConsoleColor])or just
[Enum]::GetValues([ConsoleColor])
I've found it useful to preview how the console colors will display with a simple helper function:
function Show-Colors( ) { $colors = [Enum]::GetValues( [ConsoleColor] ) $max = ($colors | foreach { "$_ ".Length } | Measure-Object -Maximum).Maximum foreach( $color in $colors ) { Write-Host (" {0,2} {1,$max} " -f [int]$color,$color) -NoNewline Write-Host "$color" -Foreground $color }}