Change color of first input word in PowerShell

Question

I want to change color of first console statement from yellow to some another color because it looks bad on a white background. How can i do this ?

Answer 1

The syntax highlighting comes from PSReadLine. To set the foreground color for Command tokens (which shows in yellow by default), use Set-PSReadLineOption:

Set-PSReadlineOption -TokenKind Command -ForegroundColor DarkGreen

Place that statement in your $profile to have it run every time you launch PowerShell:

'Set-PSReadlineOption -TokenKind Command -ForegroundColor DarkGreen' |Add-Content $Profile

Answer 2

Update: Use this command instead for newer versions:

Set-PSReadLineOption -Colors @{ Command = 'Red' }

Color list:

• Black
• DarkBlue
• DarkGreen
• DarkCyan
• DarkRed
• DarkMagenta
• DarkYellow
• Gray
• DarkGray
• Blue
• Green
• Cyan
• Red
• Magenta
• Yellow
• White