pintar

A Python library for flexible terminal text coloring using ANSI escape codes.

Installation

pip install pintar

Quick Start

Color text with dye

from pintar import dye, RGB

# Foreground color with hex
text = dye("Hello world", "#FF5733")
print(text)

# Foreground and background
text = dye("Warning", fore="#FFFFFF", bg="#FF0000")
print(text)

# With style
text = dye("Bold text", fore="cyan", style="bold")
print(text)

Color text with pstr (tag syntax)

from pintar import pstr

pstr("[red]Red text[/]")
pstr("[bold][#FF5733]Bold orange[/][/]")
pstr("[green]Green on [on blue]blue background[/][/green]")

Reusable coloring with Brush

from pintar import Brush

red_bold = Brush.load(fore="#FF0000", style="bold")
print(red_bold("This text is red and bold"))

Color a substring with Stencil

from pintar import Stencil

s = Stencil("Hello cruel world", start=6, end=11)
print(s.spray(fore="#00FF00"))

Custom colors

from pintar import RGB, HSL, HEX

c1 = RGB(255, 128, 0)
c2 = HSL(210, 1.0, 0.5)
c3 = HEX("#3498db")

text = dye("Custom color", c1)
print(text)

256-color palette

from pintar import dye

dye.palette()

Supported color formats

Available styles

bold, italic, underline, strikethrough. Combine with +: "bold+italic".

License

MIT