Changing font-color with escape codes

We can change the font color of text by using the escape code :

\x1b[3$m

Note: The ‘$’ sign can be replaced with any number between 0 to 7

Color

Escape Code

Black

\x1b[30m

Red

\x1b[31m

Green

\x1b[32m

Yellow

\x1b[33m

Blue

\x1b[34m

Magenta

\x1b[35m

Cyan

\x1b[36m

Blue

\x1b[37m

Example : This example change console font color to magenta.

Javascript




console.log('\x1b[35m%s\x1b[0m', 'This text is magenta');


Output: The escape code ‘\x1b[0m‘ at the end is to set the text color back to default



How to change Node console font color ?

To change the font color we can use the chalk module in Node as well as the ASCII characters escape codes. We will discuss how to change the font color using both the approaches in this article

Table of Content

  • Changing color using chalk module
  • Changing font-color with escape codes

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