VT Terminal Colors

**************vt terminal colors guide***************

cout << "\E[1;31m" << "thick red text!\n";
            ^
        property 1


cout << "\E[0;31m" << "red text!\n";
              ^^
           property 2


-values

1 = thick
4 = underline
5 = blink
7 = inverted
8 = blank
0, 2, 3, 6, 9-37, 39, 49-99, 107+ = normal
???? 38, 48= black
40-47 = highlight
highlights = 40 = black
             41, 101 = red
             42, 102 = green
             43, 103 = yellow
             44, 104 = blue
             45 = magenta
             46, 106 = cyan
             47 = grey
             100 = grey highlight characters only


set back to normal: cout << "\E[0m";