Cout color

Good answers have been given above, but for a more VC++ based solution, this is a fair example:

#include  <stdio.h>
#include  <windows.h>

void ChangeColour(WORD theColour)
{
    HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);  // Get handle to standard output
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole,theColour);  // set the text attribute of the previous handle
}

int main()
{
    ChangeColour(FOREGROUND_BLUE);      // Set the foreground colour to be blue
    printf("This text is blue\n");      
    ChangeColour(FOREGROUND_RED);     // Set the foreground colour to be blue
    printf("This text is red\n");    
    ChangeColour( FOREGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_RED);  // Set the foreground colour to be blue, the background to be red
    printf("This is blue text on a red background\n");  

    return  0;
}