I couldn't get the variable to work with the color command either. Your best bet is probably using a case Select/Case setup.

color b/b ; default
get $colr
___select
_____case $colr = 'g'
_________color g/g
_____case $colr = 'w'
_________color w/w
etc..
etc..
___endselect

Mark Pearce
mpearce@nbase-xyplex.com