ansi_colors = {
    None: 'x1b[0m',  # actually black but whatevs
    'red': 'x1b[31m',
    'green' : 'x1b[32m',
    ...
}

param   result
   0       reset all attributes to their defaults
   1       set bold
   2       set half-bright (simulated with color on a color display)
   4       set  underscore (simulated with color on a color display) (the colors used to
           simulate dim or underline are set using ESC ] ...)
   5       set blink
   7       set reverse video
   10      reset selected mapping, display control flag, and toggle meta  flag  (ECMA-48
           says "primary font").
   11      select  null  mapping,  set  display  control  flag,  reset  toggle meta flag
           (ECMA-48 says "first alternate font").
   12      select null mapping, set display control flag, set toggle meta flag  (ECMA-48
           says "second alternate font").  The toggle meta flag causes the high bit of a
           byte to be toggled before the mapping table translation is done.
   21      set normal intensity (ECMA-48 says "doubly underlined")
   22      set normal intensity
   24      underline off
   25      blink off
   27      reverse video off
   30      set black foreground
   31      set red foreground
   32      set green foreground
   33      set brown foreground
   34      set blue foreground
   35      set magenta foreground
   36      set cyan foreground
   37      set white foreground
   38      set underscore on, set default foreground color
   39      set underscore off, set default foreground color
   40      set black background
   41      set red background
   42      set green background
   43      set brown background
   44      set blue background
   45      set magenta background
   46      set cyan background
   47      set white background
   49      set default background color

import curses
def fcolor(c):
    return 'x1B[{0}m'.format(30 + c)
def bcolor(c):
    return 'x1B[{0}m'.format(40 + c)
def fbcolor(f, b):
    return 'x1B[{0};{1}m'.format(30 + f, 40 + b)

print(fbcolor(curses.COLOR_RED, curses.COLOR_YELLOW) + "hello!")

tput setaf 4

import curses

curses.setupterm()
curses.putp(curses.tparm(curses.tigetstr("setaf"), curses.COLOR_RED))
curses.putp(curses.tparm(curses.tigetstr("setab"), curses.COLOR_YELLOW))
curses.putp("hello!")
curses.putp(curses.tigetstr("sgr0"))
curses.putp("n")

def fcolor(c):
    if c>7:
        return 'x1B[1;{0}m'.format(22 + c)
    else:
        return 'x1B[0;{0}m'.format(30 + c)
def bcolor(c):
    return 'x1B[{0}m'.format(40 + c)
def fbcolor(f, b):
    if f>7:
        return 'x1B[1;{0};{1}m'.format(22 + f, 40 + b)
    else:
        return 'x1B[0;{0};{1}m'.format(30 + f, 40 + b)