Cannot print colored text on Windows

Question

I'm new to Python, trying to print a colored text in the console. My OS is windows 10. Here is the code:

class bcolors:
    """
    Colors for console
    """
    HEADER = '\033[95m'
    YGREEN = '\033[92m'
    WARNING = '\033[93m'
    ENDC = '\033[0m'

def main():
    user_name: str = input(
        f'***Hello {bcolors.YGREEN}friend{bcolors.ENDC} Welcome***\nPlease enter your Name:\n')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

but when I execute this code either through CMD or PyCharm, I don't get colored text. Here is the output:

What's wrong?

This code only works on an XTerm-compliant Linux/Unix terminal. If you would like this code to work, see https://pypi.org/project/colorama/ — not my real name, May 09 '20 at 18:42

Edgardo Obregón · Answer 1 · 2020-05-09T18:54:29.720

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I'd suggest you to use Printy instead:

Install:

pip3 install printy

Use it:

from printy import inputy

user_name = inputy("Hello [n]friend@, \n Please enter your name:)

the 'n' flag will apply a green color to the word friend. It is an OS independent library

edited May 09 '20 at 18:54

answered May 09 '20 at 18:43

Edgardo Obregón

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Nick · Answer 2 · 2020-05-09T18:46:18.473

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Try using this in your main: print(bcolors.WARNING + "Warning: No active frommets remain. Continue?" + bcolors.ENDC) Or this: print(f"{bcolors.WARNING}Warning: No active frommets remain. Continue?{bcolors.ENDC}")

edited May 09 '20 at 18:46

answered May 09 '20 at 18:44

Nick

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The OP has stated that they are on Windows, presumably using a terminal that doesn't support these ANSI escape sequences. – not my real name May 09 '20 at 18:51

not my real name · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-09T19:12:07.927

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This code only works on an XTerm-compliant Linux/Unix terminal. If you would like this code to work, see https://pypi.org/project/colorama.

import colorama
colorama.init(wrap=True)

class bcolors:
    """
    Colors for console
    """
    HEADER = '\033[95m'
    YGREEN = '\033[92m'
    WARNING = '\033[93m'
    ENDC = '\033[0m'

def main():
    print(f'***Hello {bcolors.YGREEN}friend{bcolors.ENDC} Welcome***\nPlease enter your Name:\n', end='')
    user_name: str = input()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

edited May 09 '20 at 19:12

answered May 09 '20 at 18:47

not my real name

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Your code works on XTerm-compliant Linux/Unix terminal, yes? – Pablo May 09 '20 at 18:51
Yes, and also Windows! You just need the `import colorama` and `colorama.init()` – not my real name May 09 '20 at 18:53
It didn't work on Windows executing through CMD and PyCharm. – Pablo May 09 '20 at 18:58
What did you get? I need more information than "it didn't work". Did you get the same output as in the question? Did you install the module with `pip`? – not my real name May 09 '20 at 19:00
Yes, I have installed the package, and I get the same output that I mentioned in my post. – Pablo May 09 '20 at 19:03
No and here is the output: `` – Pablo May 09 '20 at 19:11
I have fixed it. Colorama only works with print() and not input(). – not my real name May 09 '20 at 19:12

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 16 '20 at 01:58

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If you prefer not installing anything, simply add this to the start of your code

import subprocess
subprocess.call('', shell=True)

answered Aug 16 '20 at 01:58

John Frames

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programming lab · Answer 5 · 2022-06-12T23:46:21.170

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you can use os as well :)

Here a solution works on Windows

this solution works in cmd, powershell

#first import os
import os
# make printing colors possible
os.system('')
# get an amzing reuslt :D
# '\033[44m' is the color
print('\033[44m'+'Test'+'\033[0m') # '\033[0m' the end of the color

I test it and it works perfectly

python -c "import os;os.system('');print('\033[34m'+'Test'+'\033[0m')"

cmd output

thanks to SimpleBinary for forging out.

if you don't want to write this code then you can use cmder

cmder allowed you to use colors without `os.system()'

edited Jun 12 '22 at 23:46

answered Jun 10 '22 at 18:25

programming lab

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