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colored

Very simple Python library for color and formatting in terminal.

example

The following colors works with most terminals and terminals emulators. ANSI/VT100 escape sequences can be used in every programming languages.

Set:

+-----+-------------+
|Code | Description |
+-----+-------------+
|  1  | bold        |
|  2  | dim         |
|  4  | underlined  |
|  5  | blink       |
|  7  | reverse     |
|  8  | hidden      |
+-------------------+

Reset:

+-----+-------------+
|Code | Description |
+-----+-------------+
|  0  | all         |
| 21  | bold        |
| 22  | dim         |
| 24  | underlined  |
| 25  | blink       |
| 27  | reverse     |
| 28  | hidden      |
+-----+-------------+

Foreground (text):

+-----+---------------+
|Code | Description   |
+-----+---------------+
| 39  | default       |
| 30  | black         |
| 31  | red           |
| 32  | green         |
| 33  | yellow        |
| 34  | blue          |
| 35  | magenta       |
| 36  | cyan          |
| 37  | light_gray    |
| 90  | dark_gray     |
| 91  | light_red     |
| 92  | light_green   |
| 93  | light_yellow  |
| 94  | light_blue    |
| 95  | light_magenta |
| 96  | light_cyan    |
| 97  | white         |
+-----+---------------+

Background:

+-----+---------------+
|Code | Description   |
+-----+---------------+
| 49  | default       |
| 40  | black         |
| 41  | red           |
| 42  | green         |
| 43  | yellow        |
| 44  | blue          |
| 45  | magenta       |
| 46  | cyan          |
| 47  | light_gray    |
| 100 | dark_gray     |
| 101 | light_red     |
| 102 | light_green   |
| 103 | light_yellow  |
| 104 | light_blue    |
| 105 | light_magenta |
| 106 | light_cyan    |
| 107 | white         |
+-----+---------------+

256 Colors Foreground (text):

256 fg colors

256 Colors Background:

256 bg colors

Installation

$ pip install colored

uninstall

$ pip uninstall colored

Usage Examples

How to use the module in your own python code:

Modules : colored.fg(), colored.fg256(), colored.bg(), colored.bg256(), colored.set(), colored.reset()

>>> import colored
>>>
>>> red = colored.fg(31)
>>> default = colored.fg(39)
>>> print ('%s Hello World !!! %s') % (red, default)
 Hello World !!!

or you car use description:

>>> green = colored.fg('green')
>>> default = colored.fg('default')
>>> print ('%s Hello World !!! %s') % (green, default)
 Hello World !!!

using format method:

>>> bold = colored.set('bold')
>>> print ('{0}{1} Hello World !!! {2}'.format(green, bold, default))
 Hello World !!!

print 256 colors:

>>> color = colored.fg256(165)
>>> color
'\x1b[38;5;165m'
>>> print color + 'Hello World !!!' + colored.reset(0)
Hello World !!!
>>> bg_color = colored.bg256(115)
>>> print color + bg_color + 'Hello World !!!' + colored.reset(0)
Hello World !!!

Screenshot:

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