2D Array Background Color

Question

I'm currently trying to change the background color of an array, specifically in this case, grid[0, 0]. I've searched around for a while and can't seem to come up with anything. It's probably quite a simple problem, or maybe I need a break!

Console.BackgroundColor(grid[0,0]) = ConsoleColor.Cyan;

I'm trying to make the background colour Cyan. The variable is a string and contains a space.

Cheers in advance.

FULL SOURCE:

static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.CursorSize = 100;

        int row, col;

        string[,] grid = new string[10, 10];

        for (col = 0; col < 10; col++)
        { 
            for (row = 0; row < 10; row++)
            {
                grid[col, row] = " ";
            }
        }

        for (col = 0; col < 10; col++)
        {
            for (row = 0; row < 10; row++)
            {
                Console.Write(grid[col, row]);
            }

            Console.Write("\n");
        }
        Console.BackgroundColor(grid[0,0]) = ConsoleColor.Cyan;

        Console.ReadKey();
    }

Answer 1

I am pretty sure that Console.BackgroundColor sets the color of the text to be printed. So, if you want to print a string with one word of another color, you would do:

Console.Write("Hello word, the following text is cyan: ");
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
Console.Write("Cyan text ");
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
Console.WriteLine("(but this is not cyan)");

Answer 2

Okay, first thing you need to do is to make grid of a type that can contain both a color and a string.

public class ColoredString
{
    public ConsoleColor Color{get; set;}
    public string Content {get; set;}
}

and then, when you set your color, do it like this.

grid[0,0].Color = ConsoleColor.Cyan;

after that, you can print in color like this

public static void PrintColor(ColoredString str)
{
    var prevColor = Console.BackgroundColor;
    Console.BackgroundColor = str.Color;
    Console.Write(str.Content);
    Console.BackgroundColor = prevColor;
}

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Here's a SSCCE

public class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var str = new ColoredString()
        {
            Color = ConsoleColor.Cyan,
            Content = "abcdef",
        };

        PrintColor(str);

        Console.ReadKey(false);
    }

    public static void PrintColor(ColoredString str)
    {
        var prevColor = Console.BackgroundColor;
        Console.BackgroundColor = str.Color;
        Console.Write(str.Content);
        Console.BackgroundColor = prevColor;
    }
}

public class ColoredString
{
    public ConsoleColor Color { get; set; }
    public string Content { get; set; }
}