How to Print Background Colors#

Introduction#

When you want to print colored backgrounds in the terminal, Colorist offers two ways of doing so:

Full text functions: Print a full line of colored text with the bg_green(), bg_yellow(), bg_red(), etc. functions.
Custom string styling: Mix colors to any part of a string with the BgColor and BgBrightColor classes.

Print Line of Text with Background Color#

How to print a full line of colored text in the terminal:

Python
from colorist import bg_green, bg_yellow, bg_red

bg_green("This is GREEN background!")
bg_yellow("This is YELLOW background!")
bg_red("This is RED background!")

How it appears in the terminal:

% This is GREEN background!
% This is YELLOW background!
% This is RED background!

Refer to the documetation for a complete list of color options.

Print Mixed Colors in Text#

Background colors can also be mixed inside a paragraph:

Python
from colorist import BgColor

print(f"Put {BgColor.RED}RED{BgColor.OFF} background color inside this paragraph")
print(f"Both {BgColor.GREEN}GREEN{BgColor.OFF}...")
print(f"... and {BgColor.YELLOW}YELLOW{BgColor.OFF} are nice background colors")

How it appears in the terminal:

% Put RED background color inside this paragraph
% Both GREEN...
% ... and YELLOW are nice background colors

Tip

Remember to turn off a color with BgColor.OFF or BgBrightColor.OFF every time you want to revert back to the default terminal text style. Otherwise, the effect may spill over and into other terminal messages.

Bright Colors#

Most terminals support bright colors that stand more out:

Python
from colorist import BgBrightColor

print(f"Add {BgBrightColor.CYAN}CYAN{BgBrightColor.OFF} background color")

How it appears in the terminal:

% Add CYAN background color

Refer to the documetation for a complete list of color options for custom background styling.

Cheat Sheets#

Normal Colors#

Color	Color Code	Example
	`BgColor.GREEN`	`This is GREEN background!`
	`BgColor.YELLOW`	`This is YELLOW background!`
	`BgColor.RED`	`This is RED background!`
	`BgColor.MAGENTA`	`This is MAGENTA background!`
	`BgColor.BLUE`	`This is BLUE background!`
	`BgColor.CYAN`	`This is CYAN background!`
	`BgColor.WHITE`	`This is WHITE background!`
	`BgColor.BLACK`	`This is BLACK background!`
-	`BgColor.DEFAULT`	-
-	`BgColor.OFF`	-

Bright Colors#

Color	Color Code	Example
	`BgBrightColor.GREEN`	`This is BRIGHT GREEN background!`
	`BgBrightColor.YELLOW`	`This is BRIGHT YELLOW background!`
	`BgBrightColor.RED`	`This is BRIGHT RED background!`
	`BgBrightColor.MAGENTA`	`This is BRIGHT MAGENTA background!`
	`BgBrightColor.BLUE`	`This is BRIGHT BLUE background!`
	`BgBrightColor.CYAN`	`This is BRIGHT CYAN background!`
	`BgBrightColor.WHITE`	`This is BRIGHT WHITE background!`
	`BgBrightColor.BLACK`	`This is BRIGHT BLACK background!`
-	`BgBrightColor.DEFAULT`	-
-	`BgBrightColor.OFF`	-