Try it: `git clone https://gist.github.com/5119903.git Color; php Color/usage.php | less -R`

Color.php

<?php

class Color
{
    protected static $fgColors = array(
        'black' => "\033[0;30m",
        'darkGray' => "\033[1;30m",
        'red' => "\033[0;31m",
        'lightRed' => "\033[1;31m",
        'green' => "\033[0;32m",
        'lightGreen' => "\033[1;32m",
        'brown' => "\033[0;33m",
        'yellow' => "\033[1;33m",
        'blue' => "\033[0;34m",
        'lightBlue' => "\033[1;34m",
        'purple' => "\033[0;35m",
        'lightPurple' => "\033[1;35m",
        'cyan' => "\033[0;36m",
        'lightCyan' => "\033[1;36m",
        'lightGray' => "\033[0;37m",
        'white' => "\033[1;37m",
    );

    protected static $bgColors = array(
        'black' => "\033[40m",
        'red' => "\033[41m",
        'green' => "\033[42m",
        'yellow' => "\033[43m",
        'blue' => "\033[44m",
        'magenta' => "\033[45m",
        'cyan' => "\033[46m",
        'lightGray' => "\033[47m",
    );

    protected static $end = "\033[0m";

    public static function demo($phrase = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog')
    {
        $fgColors = self::getFgColors();
        $bgColors = self::getBgColors();

        $maxlen = function ($array) {
            return max(array_map('strlen', $array));
        };

        $labelSeparator = '/';
        $pad = $maxlen($fgColors) + $maxlen($bgColors) + strlen($labelSeparator);
        $format = "%-{$pad}s %s\n\n";

        foreach ($fgColors as $fgColor) {
            echo sprintf($format, $fgColor, self::$fgColor($phrase));
            foreach ($bgColors as $bgColor) {
                echo sprintf($format,
                    $fgColor . $labelSeparator . $bgColor,
                    self::colorize($phrase, $fgColor, $bgColor)
                );
            }
        }
    }

    public static function __callStatic($fg, array $arguments)
    {
        return self::colorize(array_shift($arguments), $fg, array_shift($arguments));
    }

    public static function colorize($text, $fgName = null, $bgName = null)
    {
        $fg = ($fgName === null || !array_key_exists($fgName, self::$fgColors)) ? null : self::$fgColors[$fgName];
        $bg = ($bgName === null || !array_key_exists($bgName, self::$bgColors)) ? null : self::$bgColors[$bgName];
        return $fg . $bg . $text . self::$end;
    }

    public static function getFgColors()
    {
        return array_keys(self::$fgColors);
    }

    public static function getBgColors()
    {
        return array_keys(self::$bgColors);
    }
}

usage.php

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/Color.php';

// demo to display all fg/bg colors
Color::demo();

// static function for fg color by name
echo Color::green('Good to go.'), "\n";
echo Color::red('Oops! Something went wrong.'), "\n";
echo Color::blue('Just some info.'), "\n";

// get list of all fg colors
var_dump(Color::getFgColors());

// but what about bg colors?
echo Color::colorize('Success! Hoo-hah!', 'white', 'green'), "\n";
echo Color::colorize('Something went really wrong.', 'white', 'red'), "\n";
echo Color::colorize('Some important info', 'white', 'blue'), "\n";

// get list of all bg colors
var_dump(Color::getBgColors());