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Color

Color Module¶

The color module provides terminal text styling with ANSI escape codes. Includes foreground colors, backgrounds, text styles, and 24-bit true color. No other language ships this built-in.

Import¶

import color

API Reference¶

Foreground Colors¶

Function	Example Output
`red(s)`	Red text
`green(s)`	Green text
`yellow(s)`	Yellow text
`blue(s)`	Blue text
`magenta(s)`	Magenta text
`cyan(s)`	Cyan text
`white(s)`	White text
`gray(s)`	Gray text

Text Styles¶

Function	Effect
`bold(s)`	Bold
`dim(s)`	Dimmed
`italic(s)`	Italic
`underline(s)`	Underlined
`strike(s)`	~~Strikethrough~~

Backgrounds¶

Function	Effect
`bg_red(s)`	Red background
`bg_green(s)`	Green background
`bg_yellow(s)`	Yellow background
`bg_blue(s)`	Blue background

Advanced¶

Function	Returns	Description
`rgb(s, r, g, b)`	`str`	24-bit true color foreground
`bg_rgb(s, r, g, b)`	`str`	24-bit true color background
`strip(s)`	`str`	Remove all ANSI codes

Usage Example¶

import color

def main() -> int:
    print(color.red("Error: file not found"))
    print(color.bold(color.green("✓ All tests passed")))
    print(color.yellow("⚠ Warning: deprecated API"))

    # Combine styles
    print(color.bold(color.underline("Important")))

    # True color (RGB)
    print(color.rgb("Custom color!", 255, 128, 0))
    0

See Also¶

Log Module — Logging with levels