🌈 Colorist for Python 🌈

Lightweight Python package that makes it easy and fast to print colored text in the terminal.

Getting Started

Print Line of Colored Text

How to print a full line of colored text in the terminal:

from colorist import green, yellow, red

green("This is GREEN!")
yellow("This is YELLOW!")
red("This is RED!")

How it appears in the terminal:

Example of full line of green, yellow, red colored text printed in a terminal window

Print Mixed Text Colors

How to customize colors inside a paragraph and print it in the terminal:

from colorist import Color

print(f"I want {Color.RED}red{Color.OFF} color inside this paragraph")

print(f"Both {Color.GREEN}green{Color.OFF} and {Color.YELLOW}yellow{Color.OFF} are nice colors")

How it appears in the terminal:

Example of white text mixed with green, yellow, red colors printed in a terminal window

Other Styling Options

Print Bright Colors

Most terminals support bright colors that stand more out:

from colorist import BrightColor

print(f"I want {BrightColor.CYAN}cyan{BrightColor.OFF} color inside this paragraph")

How it appears in the terminal:

Example of white text mixed with cyan printed in a terminal window

Remember to use Color.OFF or BrightColor.OFF every time you want to revert back to the default terminal text style. Otherwise, the color may spill over and into other terminal messages.

Print Background Colors

from colorist import bg_green, bg_yellow, bg_red

bg_green("This is GREEN background!")
bg_yellow("This is YELLOW background!")
bg_red("This is RED background!")

How it appears in the terminal:

Example of white text and colored backgrounds if green, yellow, red printed in a terminal window

Background colors can also be mixed inside a paragraph:

from colorist import BgColor

print(f"I want {BgColor.RED}red{BgColor.OFF} background color inside this paragraph")

print(f"Both {BgColor.GREEN}green{BgColor.OFF} and {BgColor.YELLOW}yellow{BgColor.OFF} are nice background colors")

How it appears in the terminal:

Example of black, green, yellow, red background colors mixed inside paragraph printed in a terminal window

from colorist import BgBrightColor

print(f"I want {BgBrightColor.CYAN}cyan{BgBrightColor.OFF} background color inside this paragraph")

How it appears in the terminal:

Example of white text on a cyan background color printed in a terminal window

As with text colors, remember to use BgColor.OFF or BgBrightColor.OFF every time you want to revert back to the default terminal text style. Otherwise, the color may spill over and into other terminal messages.

Foreground Text

Color	Full Text Function	Color Code	Example
	`green("text")`	`Color.GREEN`
	`yellow("text")`	`Color.YELLOW`
	`red("text")`	`Color.RED`
	`magenta("text")`	`Color.MAGENTA`
	`blue("text")`	`Color.BLUE`
	`cyan("text")`	`Color.CYAN`
	`white("text")`	`Color.WHITE`
	`black("text")`	`Color.BLACK`
-	-	`Color.DEFAULT`	-
-	-	`Color.OFF`	-
	`bright_green("text")`	`BrightColor.GREEN`
	`bright_yellow("text")`	`BrightColor.YELLOW`
	`bright_red("text")`	`BrightColor.RED`
	`bright_magenta("text")`	`BrightColor.MAGENTA`
	`bright_blue("text")`	`BrightColor.BLUE`
	`bright_cyan("text")`	`BrightColor.CYAN`
	`bright_white("text")`	`BrightColor.WHITE`
	`bright_black("text")`	`BrightColor.BLACK`
-	-	`BrightColor.DEFAULT`	-
-	-	`BrightColor.OFF`	-

Background

Color	Full Text Function	Color Code	Example
	`bg_green("text")`	`BgColor.GREEN`
	`bg_yellow("text")`	`BgColor.YELLOW`
	`bg_red("text")`	`BgColor.RED`
	`bg_magenta("text")`	`BgColor.MAGENTA`
	`bg_blue("text")`	`BgColor.BLUE`
	`bg_cyan("text")`	`BgColor.CYAN`
	`bg_white("text")`	`BgColor.WHITE`
	`bg_black("text")`	`BgColor.BLACK`
-	-	`BgColor.DEFAULT`	-
-	-	`BgColor.OFF`	-
	`bg_bright_green("text")`	`BgBrightColor.GREEN`
	`bg_bright_yellow("text")`	`BgBrightColor.YELLOW`
	`bg_bright_red("text")`	`BgBrightColor.RED`
	`bg_bright_magenta("text")`	`BgBrightColor.MAGENTA`
	`bg_bright_blue("text")`	`BgBrightColor.BLUE`
	`bg_bright_cyan("text")`	`BgBrightColor.CYAN`
	`bg_bright_white("text")`	`BgBrightColor.WHITE`
	`bg_bright_black("text")`	`BgBrightColor.BLACK`
-	-	`BgBrightColor.DEFAULT`	-
-	-	`BgBrightColor.OFF`	-

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