farbe

Installation

$ pip install farbe

Test

Just type in these commands and check if your terminal can print colors properly:

>>> import farbe
>>> farbe.test()

It prints the supported combinations of colors and effects:

Basic Usage

Specify the color you want to use and feed a string to the Farbe object's print method.

>>> from farbe import Color, Farbe
>>> bb = Farbe(Color.Fg.BrightBlue)
>>> bb.print('Hello, Bright Blue')
Hello, Bright Blue
>>> white_fg_red_bg = Farbe(Color.Fg.White, Color.Bg.Red)
>>> white_fg_red_bg.print('White characters on red background')
White characters on red background
>>> italic = Farbe(Color.Fg.Normal, effects=[Color.Effect.Italic])
>>> italic.print('Characters in italic')
Characters in italic

Using Colored objects

Colored objects can be used in combination with normal strings.

>>> red = Farbe(Color.Fg.Red)
>>> yellow = Farbe(Color.Fg.Yellow)
>>> error = red.colored('Error')
>>> warning = yellow.colored('Warning')
>>> print('[' + error + '] Something went wrong!')
[Error] Something went wrong!
>>> print('🐍 ' + warning + '! 🐍')
🐍 Warning! 🐍

Supported Colors and Effects

Foreground Colors

Background Colors

Effects