Windows 3.1's ugliest color scheme wasn’t a joke after all

Windows 3.1's Hot Dog Stand color scheme wasn't a joke, but "a garish choice, in case somebody out there liked ugly bright red and yellow." ...

Was Windows 3.1's infamously garish 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme a joke? I asked the original designer

"The truly funny thing about this color scheme is that all the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are surprisingly rational, totally reasonable color schemes," tech blogger Jeff Atwood wrote back in 2005 ...
Ars Technica

The Windows console is getting a new, easier to read color scheme

In the Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is going to change the default color scheme used by Windows' console windows. After years of neglect, Microsoft has been working to update and overhaul the ...
The Verge

Microsoft is updating the Windows Console colors for the first time in 20 years

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is giving its Windows Console (Command Prompt) a color overhaul. Windows ...