bash function to style your console output.

style.sh

# Regular colors
BLACK="\e[0;30m"
RED="\e[0;31m"
GREEN="\e[0;32m"
YELLOW="\e[0;33m"
BLUE="\e[0;34m"
MAGENTA="\e[0;35m"
CYAN="\e[0;36m"
GRAY="\e[0;37m"
WHITE="\e[0;97m"
CLEAR="\e[0m"

# function to style console output
# you can combine, color, style, or make color lighther
# combining of format (bold/underline etc) is not supported
#
# Usage:
# style red "some text"
# style light red "some text"
# style bold yellow "something else"
# style underline light green "green text"
style() {
	local format=0
	local light=0

	while [ $# -gt 2 ]; do
		case "$1" in
			light)		light=1 ;;
			bold)		format=1 ;;
			underline)	format=4 ;;
			blink)		format=5 ;;
			invert)		format=7 ;;
			hidden)		format=8 ;;
		esac
		shift
	done

	local color=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') #convert color name to upper
	local code="${!color}" # get the code of the color via expansion

	(($light)) && code=${code/3/9}
	(($format)) && code=${code/0/$format}

	printf "$code" # print the style code
	[ -n "$2" ] && printf "$2$CLEAR" # print text if available
}