simple bash function for displaying multicolor output.

pcolor.sh

function pcolor() {
	red=$'\e[1;31m'
	grn=$'\e[1;32m'
	yel=$'\e[1;33m'
	blu=$'\e[1;34m'
	mag=$'\e[1;35m'
	cyn=$'\e[1;36m'
	end=$'\e[0m'
  
	printf "${!1}%-6s\n${end}" "$2"
}

# Usage example
# pcolor "red" "This is a red text"

# Importing to another script (given that both are in the same directory)
# cwd="$(dirname "$0")"
# source "$cwd/pcolor.sh"
# pcolor "blu" "hi, this is a blue text"