color-list

Color List

Comprehensive ANSI color definitions for terminal output in Python.

Features

• Standard and bright foreground colors (30-37, 90-97)
• Standard and bright background colors (40-47, 100-107)
• Text style attributes (bold, dim, italic, underline, etc.)
• Extended 256-color palette for foreground and background
• Simple API returning tuples or a dictionary

Installation

pip install color-list

Quick Start

from color_list import get_color_list, get_color_dict

# Get all colors as (NAME, ansi_code) tuples
colors = get_color_list()
for name, code in colors:
    print(f"{code}{name}\033[0m")

# Get colors as a dictionary
color_dict = get_color_dict()
print(f"{color_dict['CYAN']}Hello in cyan!\033[0m")

API Reference

get_color_list() -> list[tuple[str, str]]

Returns a list of (NAME, ansi_code) tuples for all available colors.

get_color_dict() -> dict[str, str]

Returns a dictionary mapping color names to ANSI codes.

Available Colors

Foreground Colors

Category	Examples
Standard (30-37)	BLACK, DARK_RED, DARK_GREEN, DARK_YELLOW, DARK_BLUE, DARK_MAGENTA, DARK_CYAN, LIGHT_GRAY
Bright (90-97)	DARK_GRAY, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE
Extended 256	ORANGE, PINK, CORAL, GOLD, LIME, TEAL, AQUA, PURPLE, VIOLET, LAVENDER, and more

Background Colors

Category	Examples
Standard (40-47)	BG_BLACK, BG_RED, BG_GREEN, BG_YELLOW, BG_BLUE, BG_MAGENTA, BG_CYAN, BG_WHITE
Bright (100-107)	BG_DARK_GRAY, BG_BRIGHT_RED, BG_BRIGHT_GREEN, BG_BRIGHT_BLUE, and more
Extended 256	BG_ORANGE, BG_PINK, BG_PURPLE, BG_TEAL, BG_NAVY, BG_GOLD, and more

Text Styles

RESET, BOLD, DIM, ITALIC, UNDERLINE, BLINK, REVERSE, HIDDEN, STRIKETHROUGH

License

MIT