I have Linux Mint Debian Editio (LMDE) 17.3 (Rosa) and openSUSE 42.1 Leap: both 64-bits.
On LMDE the text color is fine (i guess): console screenshot
But on openSUSE the text color is black and I can't see the text well: console screenshot
I don't know if this is a 'bug' or maybe its just problem of my OS (openSUSE).
But i guess there is no command to change the color of the console, i mean the text.