Change color text in windows cmd not working

Question

I want to change color of text. And when I try it in VS code it works. But when I try it in CMD in Windows I get this:

←[91mstring

Code in python:

print ('\033[91m' + "string")

Have a look also at https://stackoverflow.com/q/287871/4046632 — buran, Jan 23 '22 at 16:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '22 at 16:51

1

There is a "bug" in cmd. You need to first clear the screen with:

import os
os.system("cls")

Than it should work.

Full code:

import os
os.system("cls")

print('\033[91m' + "string")

I hope my answer will help.

answered Jan 23 '22 at 16:51

Halina20011

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '22 at 17:09

This is how to use it properly :

import os
os.system("cls")

print('\033[91m' + "string")

There is also the Python termcolor module. Usage is pretty simple:

from termcolor import colored

print(colored('string', 'red'), colored('string', 'green'))

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