colors in messages

[gs_stoller at juno.com]

	I would like to introduce color into my messages, 
particularly to the background.  How can I do this?  Is there a sequence of characters that I can put into a message that will change the background of the rest of the message (or until a similar sequence is encountered) to the color designated by this sequence, and if so,
what is the color/sequence relationship?  Similarly for foreground
(i.e., the characters) color.



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