terminalcolors/terminalcolors.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
default = "\033[0m"
bar = "                    "
def colors4():
  seq_template = "\033[{};{}m{}"
  text_template = seq_template + " The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
  bold_template=  "\033[{};{};1m{} The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
  print("4 Bit colors (\\033[30;<color>m)                                       Bold (\\033[30;<color>;1m)")
  for color in range(30, 38):
    print(seq_template.format(30, color+10, color+10) + bar + default + " " + text_template.format(30, color, color) + " " + bold_template.format(30, color, color) + default)
  print

def colors8():
  print("8 bit colors")
  seq_template = "\033[{};{};{}m{}"
  for color in range(16, 255):
      if color < 100:
        seq_template = "\033[{};{};{}m  {} "
      else:
        seq_template = "\033[{};{};{}m {} "
#      colorstring = "".join(seq_template.format(48, 5, i, i) for i in range(color, color + 36 ))
      print(seq_template.format(48, 5, color, color), end='')
      if color % 36 == 15:
         print()
      #print(seq_template.format(48, 5, color) + bar + default)
  print()
def main():
  colors4()
  colors8()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()