print colored text as output in python not working

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I'm trying to use colored output using python

1- I tried to use this format :

print '\033[1;30mGray like Ghost\033[1;m'

I got this output :

←[1;30mGray like Ghost←[1;m

2- I tried to use termcolor package as :

from termcolor import colored, cprint
text = colored('Hello, World!', 'red', attrs=['reverse', 'blink'])
print(text)

I got this output :

[5m[7m[31mHello, World![0m

Why I can't use colors with the output?

I tried other ways and all give almost the same output Is there another way I can try?

Because I'm pretty sure it depends on the console/editor, not the code itself, if it will support colored output or not. — Roko
– Roko, Commented Nov 27, 2018 at 10:17
I tried on Python (command line ) python.exe also with the same reults — Raghad Qu
– Raghad Qu, Commented Nov 27, 2018 at 10:20
I guess that this post can help you understanding. They say that it depends surely on the console as Roko said you're using, and on the OS you're executing your python code. — Marte Valerio Falcone
– Marte Valerio Falcone, Commented Aug 7, 2021 at 11:26

Cody Mayers · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-31 13:23:35Z

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I know you only mentioned Colorama in a comment on Tom Dee's answer rather than in your original question, but I had the same issue with Colorama until I added this code which initializes Colorama before trying to print colored text:

from colorama import init
init()

answered Jan 31, 2020 at 13:23

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MD Mushfirat Mohaimin · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-07 11:15:44Z

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I was having the same issue until I imported logging and coloredlogs

from termcolor import colored
import logging, coloredlogs
logger = logging.getLogger(f"Logger")
coloredlogs.install(logger=logger)

It fixed my issue.

edited Aug 7, 2021 at 11:15

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answered Aug 7, 2021 at 10:25

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Tom Dee · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-27 12:05:10Z

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Since you commented that you were using python.exe I take it you have only tried in windows. Windows cmd doesn't support ANSI coding like linux/unix which termcolor uses. Therefore you'll have to use another package to do this. I would suggest looking into colorama (https://pypi.org/project/colorama/).

from colorama import Fore, Back, Style
print(Fore.RED + 'some red text')
print(Back.GREEN + 'and with a green background')
print(Style.DIM + 'and in dim text')
print(Style.RESET_ALL)
print('back to normal now')

This example from the website shows you how to change the foreground and background to several colours.

answered Nov 27, 2018 at 12:05

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Raghad Qu Over a year ago

I tried this one and it's not working with me For example this is the output of the first print you wrote :←[31msome red text

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