Simplistic way to add color to shell scripts in console output.

colors.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

red=31 ; green=32 ; brown=33 ; blue=34
purple=35 ; cyan=36 ; light_gray=37

function _a() {
  echo -e -n "\033[$1m${@:2}\033[0m "
}
function _rd() {
  _a $red $*
}
function _gr() {
  _a $green $*
}
function _br() {
  _a $brown $*
}
function _bl() {
  _a $blue $*
}
function _pr() {
  _a $purple $*
}
function _cy() {
  _a $cyan $*
}
function _gy() {
  _a $light_gray $*
}
function _n() {
  echo -e ""
}