The entire table of ANSI color codes.

bash-colors.md

Regular Colors

Value	Color
\e[0;30m	Black
\e[0;31m	Red
\e[0;32m	Green
\e[0;33m	Yellow
\e[0;34m	Blue
\e[0;35m	Purple
\e[0;36m	Cyan
\e[0;37m	White

Bold

Value	Color
\e[1;30m	Black
\e[1;31m	Red
\e[1;32m	Green
\e[1;33m	Yellow
\e[1;34m	Blue
\e[1;35m	Purple
\e[1;36m	Cyan
\e[1;37m	White

Underline

Value	Color
\e[4;30m	Black
\e[4;31m	Red
\e[4;32m	Green
\e[4;33m	Yellow
\e[4;34m	Blue
\e[4;35m	Purple
\e[4;36m	Cyan
\e[4;37m	White

Background

Value	Color
\e[40m	Black
\e[41m	Red
\e[42m	Green
\e[43m	Yellow
\e[44m	Blue
\e[45m	Purple
\e[46m	Cyan
\e[47m	White

High Intensty

Value	Color
\e[0;90m	Black
\e[0;91m	Red
\e[0;92m	Green
\e[0;93m	Yellow
\e[0;94m	Blue
\e[0;95m	Purple
\e[0;96m	Cyan
\e[0;97m	White

Bold High Intensty

Value	Color
\e[1;90m	Black
\e[1;91m	Red
\e[1;92m	Green
\e[1;93m	Yellow
\e[1;94m	Blue
\e[1;95m	Purple
\e[1;96m	Cyan
\e[1;97m	White

High Intensty backgrounds

Value	Color
\e[0;100m	Black
\e[0;101m	Red
\e[0;102m	Green
\e[0;103m	Yellow
\e[0;104m	Blue
\e[0;105m	Purple
\e[0;106m	Cyan
\e[0;107m	White

Reset

Value	Color
\e[0m	Reset

Thank you!

where N = color code:

• dim text is \e[2;Nm
• blinking text (though not supported by most terminal emulators) is \e[5;Nm
• reversed text (highlighted text) is \e[7;Nm

Thank you for the reversed text one!

Btw for reference, most programming languages (like C, C++, and Go) use \033 as the escape code \e.

Btw for reference, most programming languages (like C, C++, and Go) use \033 as the escape code \e.

while \e is not standard c it will be supported by almost any compiler.

Btw for reference, most programming languages (like C, C++, and Go) use \033 as the escape code \e.

while \e is not standard c it will be supported by almost any compiler.

Except in awk (as I discovered a short while ago) which is extensively used in Linux so it should fail only in numerous scenarios. \033 works perfectly cromulantly with both awk/nawk, as tested on RPi3B using the following 1-liner:

ifconfig | grep -E "(eth|wlan)[0-9]*\: |([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}" | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk 'BEGIN {ORS=" "} {gsub(/flags.*/, "", $2); gsub(/inet6?/, "", $1); print "\033[1;7m"$1"\033[0m" $2} END {printf "\n"}'

thanks dude

For NodeJS you have to use the "\x1b" escape character like "\x1b[0;30m" instead of "\e[0;30m"

\033 if your using python

\x1b works on Python as well.

2022-03-05 (JAYD3V)

Color Codes, Escapes & Languages

I was able to use colors in my terminal by using a variety of different escape values. As the conversation implies above, different languages require different escapes, furthermore; there are several different sequences that are implemented for ANSI escapes, and they can vary quite a bit. Some escapes have a cleaner sequence than others. Personally I like the \e way of writing an escape, as it is clean and simple, However, I couldn't get it to work anywhere, save the BASH scripting language.

Each escape works with its adjacent language

1. \x1b  👉‍    Node.js
2. \x1b  👉‍    Node.js w/ TS
3. \033  👉‍    GNU Cpp
4. \033  👉‍    ANSI C
5. \e  👉‍    BASH

ITALICS = \e[3;37m

Obviously you can replace 37 with a different color.

Thank you

But what about other decorations?

Thank you!

2022-03-05 (JAYD3V)

Color Codes, Escapes & Languages

I was able to use colors in my terminal by using a variety of different escape values. As the conversation implies above, different languages require different escapes, furthermore; there are several different sequences that are implemented for ANSI escapes, and they can vary quite a bit. Some escapes have a cleaner sequence than others. Personally I like the \e way of writing an escape, as it is clean and simple, However, I couldn't get it to work anywhere, save the BASH scripting language.

Each escape works with its adjacent language

1. \x1b  👉‍    Node.js
2. \x1b  👉‍    Node.js w/ TS
3. \033  👉‍    GNU Cpp
4. \033  👉‍    ANSI C
5. \e  👉‍    BASH

And with Python it's \u001b

On Mon Sep 26, 2022 at 10:02 AM EDT, RixInGithub wrote: > However, I couldn't get it to work anywhere, save the BASH scripting language. > > **Each escape works with its adjacent language** > > 1. **\x1b**  👉‍    **Node.js** > 2. **\x1b**  👉‍    **Node.js w/ TS** > 3. **\033**  👉‍    **GNU Cpp** > 4. **\033**  👉‍    **ANSI C** > 5. **\e**  👉‍    **BASH** And with Python it's `\u001b`

\033 works in all POSIX-compliant shells, C, and Python. Cheers, -- DJ Chase They, Them, Theirs {gemini,https,ipns}://dj-chase.com

Well... This type of code is ALLWAYS messy.

Well... This type of code is ALLWAYS messy.

Agreed XD

Your list is missing all the color codes for 256 color terminals.
e.g. ^[[38;5;0;48;15;0m
https://talyian.github.io/ansicolors/
I'm looking for a table with the rgb values. Who broke websearch?

@clort81

Your list is missing all the color codes for 256 color terminals.
e.g. ^[[38;5;0;48;15;0m

What is this meant to do? If I'm reading it correctly, it would:

1. 38;5;0 - set foreground color to 0 (black)
2. 48;15;0 - try to set a background color but fail, since 15 isn't a valid option (should be 2 for RGB, 5 for 256 color), and discard 0

256-colors are set using the format 38;5;{index}m for foreground, 48;5;{index}m for background.

I'm looking for a table with the rgb values.

I use this in my library, it should be accurate (by standard) but terminals (and their users) have a tendency to mess with the defaults.

https://github.com/bczsalba/pytermgui/blob/eb2350ce93313291c4c4a25c475ff4e504c831ba/pytermgui/color_info.py#L6-L263

thanks!