diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c
index a5fbc5f22c2..9150bc8b38f 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/cmd/color.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: color.c,v 1.3 2003/08/07 09:27:42 hbirr Exp $
+/* $Id: color.c,v 1.4 2004/02/19 17:04:11 gvg Exp $
  *
  *  COLOR.C - color internal command.
  *
@@ -68,19 +68,26 @@ VOID SetScreenColor (WORD wColor, BOOL bFill)
 	CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
 	COORD coPos;
 
-	if (bFill == TRUE)
+	if ((wColor & 0xF) == (wColor &0xF0) >> 4)
 	{
-		GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo (hConsole, &csbi);
+	  ConErrPuts (_T("Same colors error! (Background and foreground can't be the same color)")); 
+    }
+    else 
+    {
+	    if (bFill == TRUE)
+    	{
+    	     GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo (hConsole, &csbi);
 
-		coPos.X = 0;
-		coPos.Y = 0;
-		FillConsoleOutputAttribute (hConsole,
+    	     coPos.X = 0;
+    	     coPos.Y = 0;
+    	     FillConsoleOutputAttribute (hConsole,
 		                            (WORD)(wColor & 0x00FF),
 		                            (csbi.dwSize.X)*(csbi.dwSize.Y),
 		                            coPos,
 		                            &dwWritten);
-	}
-	SetConsoleTextAttribute (hConsole, (WORD)(wColor & 0x00FF));
+        }
+        SetConsoleTextAttribute (hConsole, (WORD)(wColor & 0x00FF));
+    }
 }