How do I print colored text to the terminal in Python?

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Updated on January 26, 2023

You can use ANSI escape codes to print colored text to the terminal in Python. Here is an example of how you can do this:

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def colored_text(color, text):
    colors = {
        "red": "\033[91m",
        "green": "\033[92m",
        "yellow": "\033[93m",
        "blue": "\033[94m",
        "purple": "\033[95m",
        "cyan": "\033[96m",
        "white": "\033[97m"
    }
    if not color in colors:
        raise ValueError("Invalid text color")
    return f"{colors[color]}{text}\033[0m"

print(colored_text("red", "This text is red"))
print(colored_text("green", "This text is green"))
print(colored_text("yellow", "This text is yellow"))
print(colored_text("blue", "This text is blue"))
print(colored_text("purple", "This text is purple"))
print(colored_text("cyan", "This text is cyan"))
print(colored_text("white", "This text is white"))