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import ctypes 
STD_INPUT_HANDLE = -10 
STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11 
STD_ERROR_HANDLE = -12 
FOREGROUND_BLACK = 0x0 
FOREGROUND_BLUE = 0x01 # text color contains blue. 
FOREGROUND_GREEN = 0x02 # text color contains green. 
FOREGROUND_RED = 0x04 # text color contains red. 
FOREGROUND_INTENSITY = 0x08 # text color is intensified. 
BACKGROUND_BLUE = 0x10 # background color contains blue. 
BACKGROUND_GREEN = 0x20 # background color contains green. 
BACKGROUND_RED = 0x40 # background color contains red. 
BACKGROUND_INTENSITY = 0x80 # background color is intensified. 
 class Color: 
 ''''''' See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winprog/winprog/windows_api_reference.asp 
 for information on Windows APIs.''' 
 std_out_handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE) 
 def set_cmd_color(self, color, handle=std_out_handle): 
 """(color) -> bit 
 Example: set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) 
 """ 
 bool = ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTextAttribute(handle, color) 
 return bool 
 def reset_color(self): 
 self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE) 
 def print_red_text(self, print_text): 
 self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) 
 print print_text 
 self.reset_color() 
 def print_green_text(self, print_text): 
 self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) 
 print print_text 
 self.reset_color() 
 def print_blue_text(self, print_text): 
 self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY) 
 print print_text 
 self.reset_color() 
 def print_red_text_with_blue_bg(self, print_text): 
 self.set_cmd_color(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY | BACKGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_INTENSITY) 
 print print_text 
 self.reset_color() 
clr = Color() 
# clr.print_red_text('red') 
# clr.print_green_text('green') 
# clr.print_blue_text('blue') 
# clr.print_red_text_with_blue_bg('background') 
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