red=$'e[1;31m'
grn=$'e[1;32m'
yel=$'e[1;33m'
blu=$'e[1;34m'
mag=$'e[1;35m'
cyn=$'e[1;36m'
end=$'e[0m'

printf "%sn" "Text in ${red}red${end}, white and ${blu}blue${end}."

shw_grey () {
    echo $(tput bold)$(tput setaf 0) $@ $(tput sgr 0)
}

shw_norm () {
    echo $(tput bold)$(tput setaf 9) $@ $(tput sgr 0)
}

shw_info () {
    echo $(tput bold)$(tput setaf 4) $@ $(tput sgr 0)
}

shw_warn () {
    echo $(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2) $@ $(tput sgr 0)
}
shw_err ()  {
    echo $(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1) $@ $(tput sgr 0)
}

print red; echo -e "e[31mfooe[m"

autoload -U colors
colors

echo $fg[green]YES$fg[default] or $fg[red]NO$fg[default]?

#!/bin/bash

red='e[1;31m%se[0mn'
green='e[1;32m%se[0mn'
yellow='e[1;33m%se[0mn'
blue='e[1;34m%se[0mn'
magenta='e[1;35m%se[0mn'
cyan='e[1;36m%se[0mn'

printf "$green"   "This is a test in green"
printf "$red"     "This is a test in red"
printf "$yellow"  "This is a test in yellow"
printf "$blue"    "This is a test in blue"
printf "$magenta" "This is a test in magenta"
printf "$cyan"    "This is a test in cyan"

var_color_black=0
var_color_red=1
var_color_green=2
var_color_yellow=3
var_color_blue=4
var_color_magenta=5
var_color_cyan=6
var_color_white=7

function colorBlue(){
    tput setaf $var_color_blue;
    # tput setab $var_color_white; # Uncomment for white background
}
function resetColor(){
    echo $(tput sgr0) ;
}

colorPath ;
echo -n "hello world" ; # -n because resetColor echoes a newline
resetColor ;