################################################################# import ctypes STD_INPUT_HANDLE = -10 STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11 STD_ERROR_HANDLE = -12 FOREGROUND_BLACK = 0x0 FOREGROUND_BLUE = 0x01 # text color contains blue. FOREGROUND_GREEN = 0x02 # text color contains green. FOREGROUND_RED = 0x04 # text color contains red. FOREGROUND_INTENSITY = 0x08 # text color is intensified. BACKGROUND_BLUE = 0x10 # background color contains blue. BACKGROUND_GREEN = 0x20 # background color contains green. BACKGROUND_RED = 0x40 # background color contains red. BACKGROUND_INTENSITY = 0x80 # background color is intensified. class Color: ''''' See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winprog/winprog/windows_api_reference.asp for information on Windows APIs.''' std_out_handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE) def set_cmd_color(self, color, handle=std_out_handle): """(color) -> bit Example: set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) """ bool = ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTextAttribute(handle, color) return bool def reset_color(self): self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE) def print_red_text(self, print_text): self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) print print_text self.reset_color() def print_green_text(self, print_text): self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) print print_text self.reset_color() def print_blue_text(self, print_text): self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) print print_text self.reset_color() def print_red_text_with_blue_bg(self, print_text): self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY | BACKGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_INTENSITY) print print_text self.reset_color() clr = Color() # clr.print_red_text('red') # clr.print_green_text('green') # clr.print_blue_text('blue') # clr.print_red_text_with_blue_bg('background') #################################################################