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Changing the DOS Background Colour
The value DefaultColor controls the foreground and background
colors used in command prompt windows. It has a default value of
0, for standard white text on a black background.
CHANGING DOS BACKGROUND
Open your registry (press win+r and type regedit , hit enter )
goto

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command
Processor]

you'll find "DefaultColor"

You can replace it's value with a two-digit hexadecimal number, in

which the first digit selects a background color and the second a
foreground color. The hexadecimal codes are:

Hexadecimal value Color

0 Black
1 Blue
2 Green
3 Aqua
4 Red
5 Purple
6 Yellow
7 White
8 Gray
9 Light Blue
A Light Green
B Light Aquz
C Light Red
D Light Purple
E Light Yellow
F Bright White

A value of F0, for example, would give black text on a white

background, and 1E would yield yellow text on a blue background.

The change should take effect the next time you open a console
window ...