I'm having a problem with background colors. I notice that when I do foreground colors, they are always persistent until you reset or change it. But I'm not getting the same results from background colors.

Here's an example of my background color value:

If I set the background to a color, then do a clear, it clears out the screen with said color. But as soon as I start outputting text or commands from the script, it goes back to the default background. Is there a way to set the color to black and have it persistent throughout the entire script?

I think I figured it out. I found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code

"All common sequences just use the parameters as a series of semicolon-separated numbers such as 1;2;3"

So, I realize that I can make the background black at all times by simply adding the color code in the right place, like this:

RED="\033[40;31m"

So setting the first sequence to a background color in conjunction with my foreground works.

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