Insert in the following file '%systemroot%\system32\config.nt'...
the following line:
device=%systemroot%\system32\ansi.sys
create a shortcut on the desktop of command.com and from the command prompt run the following command:
set prompt=$e[42m $e[47m $e[41m $e[40m $e[1;37m$p$g$e[0m
the result will be the following:

is possible by running the command shown to occur the following error: Out of Environment Space. To resolve the situation just add in the properties of the shortcut, into the section "Program->Cmd line", the parameter "/e:4096" as shown in the following:

The following tables show the codes for the text format, the format of the text color and size of the background color:
Text format 1 bold 4 underscore 5 intermittent 8 hidden
Foreground color 30 black 31 red 32 green 33 yellow 34 blue 35 magenta 36 aqua 37 white 7 black / white OK
Background color 40 black 41 red 42 green 43 yellow 44 blue 45 magenta 46 aqua 47 white 7 black / white OK
