The _BACKGROUNDCOLOR function returns the current background color.

Syntax

BGcolor& = _BACKGROUNDCOLOR

Description

• Use it to get the current background color to restore later in a program.
• Returns the closest attribute value of the background color.

Example(s)

Storing a background color for later use.

SCREEN 0
COLOR 1, 3
CLS
BG% = _BACKGROUNDCOLOR
PRINT BG%

3

Understanding the function output

SCREEN 0
COLOR 1, 11
CLS
BG% = _BACKGROUNDCOLOR
PRINT BG%                  'prints the attribute as 3 instead of 11

3

*Explanation: SCREEN 0 background colors over 7 will return the lower intensity color attribute values: EX: attribute - 8

See Also

• _DEFAULTCOLOR
• COLOR, SCREEN
• SCREEN (function)
• Windows Libraries