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Hex Colors#

What are Hex Colors?#

The 24-bit Hex color model covers over 16 million colors, and each color can be defined with a code in hexadecimal, for instance #00aaff or sometimes shortened to #0af, that can be broken down into a RGB value:

Hex Code 00 aa ff
RGB value 0 170 255
Channel Red Green Blue

Disclaimer

Not all terminals support 24-bit colors in RGB, HSL, or Hex. If your terminal does support such advanced colors, read on.

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Full Line Text Functions#

Try the hex() and bg_hex() methods for a full line of colored text. Allowed Hex values are, for instance, #00aaff or #0af, alternatively without the hash sign as 00aaff or 0af.

Example:

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from colorist import hex, bg_hex

hex("I want this text in coral Hex colors", "#ff7f50")
bg_hex("I want this background in coral Hex colors", "#ff7f50")

How it appears in the terminal:

% I want this text in coral Hex colors
% I want this background in coral Hex colors

Custom String Styling#

Or customize the styling of text and background with the ColorHex() and BgColorHex() classes:

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from colorist import ColorHex, BgColorHex

watermelon_red = ColorHex("#ff5733")
bg_mint_green = BgColorHex("#99ff99")

print(f"I want to use {watermelon_red}WATERMELON RED{watermelon_red.OFF}...")
print(f"... and {bg_mint_green}MINT GREEN{bg_mint_green.OFF} colors")

How it appears in the terminal:

% I want to use WATERMELON RED...
% ... and MINT GREEN colors