C++ console colors

ConsoleColors.cpp

    // color your text in Windows console mode
    // colors are 0=black 1=blue 2=green and so on to 15=white  
    // colorattribute = foreground + background * 16
    // to get red text on yellow use 4 + 14*16 = 228
    // light red on yellow would be 12 + 14*16 = 236
    // a Dev-C++ tested console application by  vegaseat  07nov2004
    #include <iostream>
    #include <windows.h>   // WinApi header
    using namespace std;    // std::cout, std::cin
    int main()
    {
      HANDLE  hConsole;
    	int k;
    	
      hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
      // you can loop k higher to see more color choices
      for(k = 1; k < 255; k++)
      {
        // pick the colorattribute k you want
        SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, k);
        cout << k << " I want to be nice today!" << endl;
      }
      
      cin.get(); // wait
      return 0;
    }