Python code to color a string with ANSI escape sequence.

ansi_color.py

from functools import partial

def ansi_color(code, text, is_bold=False):
    if is_bold:
        code = ('1;' + code)
    return '\033[%sm%s\033[0m' % (code, text)

ansi_red    = partial(ansi_color, '31')
ansi_green  = partial(ansi_color, '32')
ansi_yellow = partial(ansi_color, '33')
ansi_blue   = partial(ansi_color, '34')
ansi_pink   = partial(ansi_color, '35')
ansi_cyan   = partial(ansi_color, '36')
ansi_silver = partial(ansi_color, '37')
ansi_gray   = partial(ansi_color, '90')