color-pencil v0.0.1-alpha.0

color-pencil

Text coloring and styling for backend consoles/terminals

Installation

Install this package using npm:

npm install color-pencil

Usage

Require/Import

Require or import it from the package:

// CommonJS (require)
const color = require('color-pencil');

// ECMAScript (import)
import color from 'color-pencil';
console.log(color.green("This is a green Text"));

Use Cases

color-pencil provides convenient functions to colorize and stylize outputs in consoles/terminals:

// CommonJS (require)
const {green, red, white, bold, underline, strikeThrough, italic, bgYellow} = require('color-pencil');

// ECMAScript (import)
import {green, red, white, bold, underline, strikeThrough, italic, bgYellow} from 'color-pencil';

console.log("Use", red("colors"), "and", bold("styling"));
console.log(green(bold(underline("Combine"))), bold(red("and emphasize")));
console.log(white(bgYellow(strikeThrough("Yellow background and crossed out white Text"))));

Functions

Default Text/Foreground Colors

• lightBlack
• black
• white
• lightBlue
• blue
• darkBlue
• lightRed
• red
• darkRed
• lightGreen
• green
• darkGreen
• lightOrange
• orange
• darkOrange
• lightYellow
• yellow
• darkYellow
• lightPurple
• purple
• darkPurple
• lightBrown
• brown
• darkBrown
• lightMagenta
• magenta
• darkMagenta
• lightCyan
• cyan
• darkCyan
• lightGray
• gray
• darkGray
• lightPink
• pink
• darkPink

Default Background Colors

• bgLightBlack
• bgBlack
• bgWhite
• bgLightBlue
• bgBlue
• bgDarkBlue
• bgLightRed
• bgRed
• bgDarkRed
• bgLightGreen
• bgGreen
• bgDarkGreen
• bgLightOrange
• bgOrange
• bgDarkOrange
• bgLightYellow
• bgYellow
• bgDarkYellow
• bgLightPurple
• bgPurple
• bgDarkPurple
• bgLightBrown
• bgBrown
• bgDarkBrown
• bgLightMagenta
• bgMagenta
• bgDarkMagenta
• bgLightCyan
• bgCyan
• bgDarkCyan
• bgLightGray
• bgGray
• bgDarkGray
• bgLightPink
• bgPink
• bgDarkPink

Modifiers

• reset - Reset any custom stylings
• bold - Bold text
• faint - Faint text
• italic - Italic text
• underline - Underlined text
• slowBlink - Text blinks in a slow pace (Limited Support)
• rapidBlink - Text blinks in a fast pace (Limited Support)
• reverse - Switch colors between text(foreground) and background
• conceal - Print the text as hidden
• crossedOut - Crossed out text
• strikeThrough - Crossed out text (same as crossedOut)

Dynamic Colors

RGB

Takes input and red, green, and blue value in-between 0-255

import { rgb, bgRgb } from "color-pencil"
console.log(rgb("This is a deep sky blue text", 0,191,255));
console.log(bgRgb("This is a deep sky blue background", 0,191,255));

True Colors

Sugar of the rgb function. Takes input and r,g,b in an array

import { trueColor, bgTrueColor } from "color-pencil"
console.log(trueColor("This is an indigo text", [75,0,130]));
console.log(bgTrueColor("This is an indigo background", [75,0,130]));

256 Colors

256 colors supported by ANSI Escape Sequence(Link). Takes input and color index ranging in-between 0-255

import { ansi256, bgAnsi256 } from "color-pencil"
console.log(ansi256("This is a cyan text", 51));
console.log(bgAnsi256("This is a cyan background", 51));

Hexadecimal Colors

Takes input and color code in hexadecimal.

import { hex, bgHex } from "color-pencil"
console.log(hex("This is a purple text", "#af00ff"));
console.log(hex("This is also a purple text", "af00ff"));
console.log(hex("This is a light green text", "#0FC"));
console.log(hex("This is also a light green text", "0FC"));

console.log(bgHex("This is a purple background", "#af00ff"));
console.log(bgHex("This is also a purple background", "af00ff"));
console.log(bgHex("This is a light green background", "#0FC"));
console.log(bgHex("This is also a light green background", "0FC"));

HSL

Takes input and color code in hue (0-360), saturation(0-100), and lightness(0-100).

import { hsl, bgHsl } from "color-pencil"
console.log(hsl("This is a violet text",245, 46, 34 ));
console.log(bgHsl("This is a violet background",245, 46, 34 ));