Change entire console background color (Win32 C++)

It can be done and the whole background can be set to desired color with SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx. The code below should not mess with the previous console output, especially if it used colors:

 #include "Windows.h"

    void FlashConsoleBackgroundColor(int cntFlashes, int flashInterval_ms, COLORREF color)
    {

        CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX sbInfoEx;
        sbInfoEx.cbSize = sizeof(CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX);

        HANDLE consoleOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
        GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(consoleOut, &sbInfoEx);

        COLORREF storedBG = sbInfoEx.ColorTable[0];

        for (int i = 0; i < cntFlashes; ++i)
        {
            //-- set BG color
            Sleep(flashInterval_ms);
            sbInfoEx.ColorTable[0] = color;
            SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(consoleOut, &sbInfoEx);

            //-- restore previous color
            Sleep(flashInterval_ms);
            sbInfoEx.ColorTable[0] = storedBG;
            SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(consoleOut, &sbInfoEx);
        }
    }

    int main()
    {

        printf("Flashing console BG: RED");
        FlashConsoleBackgroundColor(20, 50, RGB(255, 0, 0));

        printf("\rFlashing console BG: ORANGE\n");
        FlashConsoleBackgroundColor(10, 100, RGB(255, 105, 0));

        return 0;
    }

HANDLE out = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(out, 0x9 | 0x70); 
// text color from 0x1-0x9
// text background color from 0x10-0x90   
system("color d1");
/*
Sets the default console foreground and background colors     
COLOR [attr]      
attr        Specifies color attribute of console output       
Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first
corresponds to the background; the second the foreground.  Each digit
can be any of the following values:       
            0 = Black       8 = Gray
            1 = Blue        9 = Light Blue
            2 = Green       A = Light Green
            3 = Aqua        B = Light Aqua
            4 = Red         C = Light Red
            5 = Purple      D = Light Purple
            6 = Yellow      E = Light Yellow
            7 = White       F = Bright White
If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was
when CMD.EXE started.  This value either comes from the current console
window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry
value.       
The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute
the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the
same.
/*

I have a dirty way here, but gives what you exactly want.

  #include <windows.h>
  hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
  SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole,30);
  system("CLS");

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