Task

Display a word in various colours on the terminal.

The system palette, or colours such as Red, Green, Blue, Magenta, Cyan, and Yellow can be used.



Optionally demonstrate:

 How the system should determine if the terminal supports colour
 Setting of the background colour
 How to cause blinking or flashing (if supported by the terminal)


10 FOR l=0 TO 7
20 READ c$: REM get our text for display
30 INK l: REM set the text colour
40 PRINT c$
50 NEXT l
60 PAPER 2: REM red background
70 INK 6: REM yellow forground
80 FLASH 1: REM activate flashing
90 PRINT "Flashing!": REM this will flash red and yellow (alternating inverse)
100 PAPER 7: INK 0: FLASH 0: REM normalize colours before exit
110 STOP
 
900 DATA "Black","Blue","Red","Magenta","Green","Cyan","Yellow","White"