---
id: simple-colors
version: "0.1.5"
license: unclear
license_treatment: unclear
maintenance: abandoned
---

# simple-colors — Colorful output in terminal

License: unclear · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 114.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Simple Colors is a lightweight terminal utility that wraps ANSI color codes into Python functions, letting you print colored and styled text without writing escape sequences directly. It provides seven colors and seven text styles that can be combined in function calls or via a command-line interface.

The package is designed for straightforward use cases where you want quick colored output in scripts or CLIs without heavyweight dependencies. It has no runtime dependencies, making installation friction minimal, but it has been unmaintained since its last release on 2019-01-14 and may not work reliably with modern Python versions or terminal emulators.

Use it for:

- Add colored output to CLI scripts for better readability and user feedback
- Highlight warnings, errors, or status messages in terminal applications
- Create colored logs or diagnostic output from Python programs
- Format text in shell scripts called from Python using the command-line interface

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Adds colored and styled text output to terminal applications using simple function calls for colors (black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan) and text styles (bold, bright, dim, italic, underlined, blink, reverse).

No. The package is abandoned with no maintenance since 2019-01-14 and an unclear license. While installation is frictionless and it has no dependencies, the lack of Python version support information and unknown license terms create legal and compatibility risks. For colored terminal output, consider actively maintained alternatives.

## Install

pip install simple-colors
uv add simple-colors
poetry add simple-colors

## Installing simple-colors

Before you install: Installation is straightforward with no runtime dependencies. However, the package has been abandoned since January 2019 with no updates, so expect no maintenance or bug fixes.

License in practice: License status is unclear—no license information is provided in the package metadata. Before using in production or distribution, verify the actual license terms from the repository.

Quickstart:

pip install simple-colors

from simple_colors import green

print(green('hello'))
print(green('hello', 'bold'))

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package actually works with current Python versions (Python support is unspecified)
- What license applies to this package (metadata shows no license)
- Whether the package remains functional with modern terminal emulators and Python interpreters

## Package facts

- License: not declared (unclear)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 114.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

terminal color output, colored text in terminal, ANSI color codes, terminal text styling, simple terminal colors, colored console output, terminal formatting, terminal-ui, ansi-colors

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