gistfile1.txt

local ESCAPE_CHAR = string.char(0x1b)
core = {}	
function core.get_color_escape_sequence(color)
		return ESCAPE_CHAR .. "(c@" .. color .. ")"
	end

	
function core.get_background_escape_sequence(color)
		
          return ESCAPE_CHAR .. "(b@" .. color .. ")"
	
end

	function core.colorize(color, message)

		return core.get_color_escape_sequence(color) .. message
	end
print(core.colorize("red", "colour test"))