help with color and $PS1

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From: David. E. Goble
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 03:31

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Hi All;

I have the follow prompt;

PS1="\n\[\033[1;35m\]IBM 686/pr120+ Linux RedHat 6.2
\[\033[0;36m\]\$(date)\n\[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

How do I reset the color, so that everything typed by the user is
light grey, while keeping the prompts colors.

I tried;

PS1="\n\[\033[1;35m\]IBM 686/pr120+ Linux RedHat 6.2
\[\033[0;36m\]\$(date)\n\[\u@\h \W]\\$ \[\033[0;37m\]"

but it did nothing.

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