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Colors and Backgrounds

Note: \e or \x1B also work instead of \033

Text reset

Color_Off='\033[0m'

Regular Colors

Black='\033[0;30m'  # Black
Red='\033[0;31m'    # Red
Green='\033[0;32m'  # Green
Yellow='\033[0;33m' # Yellow
Blue='\033[0;34m'   # Blue
Purple='\033[0;35m' # Purple
Cyan='\033[0;36m'   # Cyan
White='\033[0;97m'  # White

Additional colors

LGrey='\033[0;37m'  # Ligth Gray
DGrey='\033[0;90m'  # Dark Gray
LRed='\033[0;91m'   # Ligth Red
LGreen='\033[0;92m' # Ligth Green
LYellow='\033[0;93m'# Ligth Yellow
LBlue='\033[0;94m'  # Ligth Blue
LPurple='\033[0;95m'# Light Purple
LCyan='\033[0;96m'  # Ligth Cyan

Bold

BBlack='\033[1;30m' # Black
BRed='\033[1;31m'   # Red
BGreen='\033[1;32m' # Green
BYellow='\033[1;33m'# Yellow
BBlue='\033[1;34m'  # Blue
BPurple='\033[1;35m'# Purple
BCyan='\033[1;36m'  # Cyan
BWhite='\033[1;37m' # White

Underline

UBlack='\033[4;30m' # Black
URed='\033[4;31m'   # Red
UGreen='\033[4;32m' # Green
UYellow='\033[4;33m'# Yellow
UBlue='\033[4;34m'  # Blue
UPurple='\033[4;35m'# Purple
UCyan='\033[4;36m'  # Cyan
UWhite='\033[4;37m' # White

Background

On_Black='\033[40m' # Black
On_Red='\033[41m'   # Red
On_Green='\033[42m' # Green
On_Yellow='\033[43m'# Yellow
On_Blue='\033[44m'  # Blue
On_Purple='\033[45m'# Purple
On_Cyan='\033[46m'  # Cyan
On_White='\033[47m' # White

Example of usage

echo -e "${Green}This is GREEN text${Color_Off} and normal text"
echo -e "${Red}${On_White}This is Red test on White background${Color_Off}"

option -e is mandatory, it enable interpretation of backslash escapes printf "${Red} This is red \n"

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