:background
    cls
    echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    echo and what will your personal preferenced background color be today??
    echo 1 for black
    echo 2 for blue
    echo 3 for green
    echo 4 for aqua
    echo 5 for red
    echo 6 for purple
    echo 7 for yellow
    echo 8 for white
    echo 9 for gray
    echo 10 for light blue
    echo 11 for light green
    echo 12 for light aqua
    echo 13 for light red
    echo 14 for light purple
    echo 15 for light yellow
    echo 16 for bright white
    echo type back to go back
    echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    set /p bckgrnd=Color:
    if %bckgrnd%==1 (
    set backc=0
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==2 (
    set backc=1
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==3 (
    set backc=2
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==4 (
    set backc=3
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==5 (
    set backc=4
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==6 (
    set backc=5
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==7 (
    set backc=6
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==8 (
    set backc=7
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==back (
    goto :extracolor
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==9 (
    set backc=8
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==10 (
    set backc=9
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==11 (
    set backc=a
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==12 (
    set backc=b
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==13 (
    set backc=c
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%=14 (
    set backc=d
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==15 (
    set backc=e
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    if %bckgrnd%==16 (
    set backc=f
    color %backc%%currentcolor%
    goto :background
    )
    goto :background

if %bckgrnd%=14 (

if %bckgrnd%==14 (

IF "%bckgrnd%" == "<number>" (
    set back=<new_value>
    goto :commonPart
)

:commonPart
color %backc%%currentcolor%
goto :background

@echo off
:background
cls
echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
echo and what will your personal preferenced background color be today??
echo 1 for black
echo 2 for blue
echo 3 for green
echo 4 for aqua
echo 5 for red
echo 6 for purple
echo 7 for yellow
echo 8 for white
echo 9 for gray
echo 10 for light blue
echo 11 for light green
echo 12 for light aqua
echo 13 for light red
echo 14 for light purple
echo 15 for light yellow
echo 16 for bright white
echo type back to go back
echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
set /p bckgrnd=Color:
if "%bckgrnd%" == "1" (
    set backc=0
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "2" (
    set backc=1
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "3" (
    set backc=2
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "4" (
    set backc=3
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "5" (
    set backc=4
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "6" (
    set backc=5
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "7" (
    set backc=6
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "8" (
    set backc=7
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "back" (
    goto :extracolor
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "9" (
    set backc=8
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "10" (
    set backc=9
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "11" (
    set backc=a
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "12" (
    set backc=b
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "13" (
    set backc=c
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "14" (
    set backc=d
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "15" (
    set backc=e
    goto :commonPart
)
if "%bckgrnd%" == "16" (
    set backc=f
    goto :commonPart
)

:commonPart
color %backc%%currentcolor%
goto :background

set /p backgrd= Preffered Background:
if "x%backgrd"=="xback" Goto back
set /a backgrd=backgrd-1
call cmd /c exit /b %backgrd%
set hexbackgrd=%=exitcode%
set hexbackgrd=%hexbackgrd:0=%
color %hexbackgrd%%currentcolor%

:background
cls
echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
echo and what will your personal preferenced background color be today??
echo 1 for black
echo 2 for blue
echo 3 for green
echo 4 for aqua
echo 5 for red
echo 6 for purple
echo 7 for yellow
echo 8 for white
echo 9 for
echo 10 for light blue
echo a for light green
echo b for light aqua
echo c for light red
echo d for light purple
echo e for light yellow
echo f for bright white
echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
set /p background=Color:
color %background%%foreground%
goto :background

:foreground
cls
echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
echo and what will your personal preferenced foreground color be today??
echo 1 for black
echo 2 for blue
echo 3 for green
echo 4 for aqua
echo 5 for red
echo 6 for purple
echo 7 for yellow
echo 8 for white
echo 9 for gray
echo 10 for light blue
echo a for light green
echo b for light aqua
echo c for light red
echo d for light purple
echo e for light yellow
echo f for bright white
echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
set /p foreground=Color:
color %background%%foreground%
goto :foreground