They are commands to the windows command line, before you type SQLITE3, or, as Keith showed, by using the ".system" command to sqlite. From the windows command line, you can type:<pre> help color</pre>to see your options. You can, of course, include "color" along with "sqlite3" commands in a batch file to start things off. An advantage of customizing the terminal is that if/when you exit sqlite3, you still have a reminder of the omnipotent capabilities of your windows prompt.