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)


' ANSI terminal coloured text
COLOR FG TO BLACK
PRINT "a word"
 
COLOR FG TO RED
PRINT "a word"
 
COLOR FG TO GREEN
PRINT "a word"
 
' Other colours include YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE
' Second keyword can be BG for background colour control
' The COLOR command also accepts keywords of NORMAL, INTENSE, INVERSE, RESET