BashReference-Misc

RichFormatting

RestoreDefault

If terminal has been changed from defaults, it may be restored with either of these commands.

tput sgr0
echo -ne \E[0m

Template

Numbers are unique to their meaning, and may be applied in any order.

echo -e '\E[<number>;<number>;<number>m <textHere> \E[0m'

Example

Bold, green on cyan, useful for nominal diagnostic messages.

echo -e '\E[1;32;46m <textHere> \E[0m'

Numbers

Face

Bold: 1 Underline: 4 Blinking: 5

Color

Normal

Color	Foreground	Background
black	30	40
red	31	41
green	32	42
yellow	33	43
blue	34	44
magenta	35	45
cyan	36	46
white	37	47

HighIntensity

ArchWiki has some documentation on high-intensity color codes.