Default colors for console

[apoorv_khurasia]

Hi

I don't know what to call the screen which appears when one presses ctrl+alt+F1 etc..., the one which does not have X on it, just plain console. I need to change the default colors on this console so that what I type is not grey but blue etc... Where is the configuration file for this and what do I need to do to change these settings. And yes please tell me what do you call this console!!!

[muha]

tty1 (going up to tty6)
check also here for changing colors: http://linuxbook.orbdesigns.com/ch15/btlb_c15.html

[syroid@bobo syroid]$ setterm -foreground red -background green
[syroid@bobo syroid]$ setterm -store

/edit: this does something for me, but it only changes the colour of the beginning of the line ?!?