1 | # colors.js
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2 | [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Marak/colors.js.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Marak/colors.js)
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3 | [![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/colors.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/colors)
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4 | [![dependencies](https://david-dm.org/Marak/colors.js.svg)](https://david-dm.org/Marak/colors.js)
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5 | [![devDependencies](https://david-dm.org/Marak/colors.js/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/Marak/colors.js#info=devDependencies)
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6 |
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7 | Please check out the [roadmap](ROADMAP.md) for upcoming features and releases. Please open Issues to provide feedback, and check the `develop` branch for the latest bleeding-edge updates.
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8 |
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9 | ## get color and style in your node.js console
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10 |
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11 | ![Demo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Marak/colors.js/master/screenshots/colors.png)
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12 |
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13 | ## Installation
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14 |
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15 | npm install colors
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16 |
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17 | ## colors and styles!
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18 |
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19 | ### text colors
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20 |
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21 | - black
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22 | - red
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23 | - green
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24 | - yellow
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25 | - blue
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26 | - magenta
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27 | - cyan
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28 | - white
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29 | - gray
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30 | - grey
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31 |
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32 | ### bright text colors
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33 |
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34 | - brightRed
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35 | - brightGreen
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36 | - brightYellow
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37 | - brightBlue
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38 | - brightMagenta
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39 | - brightCyan
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40 | - brightWhite
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41 |
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42 | ### background colors
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43 |
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44 | - bgBlack
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45 | - bgRed
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46 | - bgGreen
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47 | - bgYellow
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48 | - bgBlue
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49 | - bgMagenta
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50 | - bgCyan
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51 | - bgWhite
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52 | - bgGray
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53 | - bgGrey
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54 |
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55 | ### bright background colors
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56 |
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57 | - bgBrightRed
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58 | - bgBrightGreen
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59 | - bgBrightYellow
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60 | - bgBrightBlue
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61 | - bgBrightMagenta
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62 | - bgBrightCyan
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63 | - bgBrightWhite
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64 |
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65 | ### styles
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66 |
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67 | - reset
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68 | - bold
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69 | - dim
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70 | - italic
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71 | - underline
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72 | - inverse
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73 | - hidden
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74 | - strikethrough
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75 |
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76 | ### extras
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77 |
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78 | - rainbow
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79 | - zebra
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80 | - america
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81 | - trap
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82 | - random
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83 |
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84 |
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85 | ## Usage
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86 |
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87 | By popular demand, `colors` now ships with two types of usages!
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88 |
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89 | The super nifty way
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90 |
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91 | ```js
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92 | var colors = require('colors');
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93 |
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94 | console.log('hello'.green); // outputs green text
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95 | console.log('i like cake and pies'.underline.red) // outputs red underlined text
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96 | console.log('inverse the color'.inverse); // inverses the color
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97 | console.log('OMG Rainbows!'.rainbow); // rainbow
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98 | console.log('Run the trap'.trap); // Drops the bass
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99 |
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100 | ```
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101 |
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102 | or a slightly less nifty way which doesn't extend `String.prototype`
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103 |
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104 | ```js
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105 | var colors = require('colors/safe');
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106 |
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107 | console.log(colors.green('hello')); // outputs green text
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108 | console.log(colors.red.underline('i like cake and pies')) // outputs red underlined text
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109 | console.log(colors.inverse('inverse the color')); // inverses the color
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110 | console.log(colors.rainbow('OMG Rainbows!')); // rainbow
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111 | console.log(colors.trap('Run the trap')); // Drops the bass
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112 |
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113 | ```
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114 |
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115 | I prefer the first way. Some people seem to be afraid of extending `String.prototype` and prefer the second way.
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116 |
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117 | If you are writing good code you will never have an issue with the first approach. If you really don't want to touch `String.prototype`, the second usage will not touch `String` native object.
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118 |
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119 | ## Enabling/Disabling Colors
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120 |
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121 | The package will auto-detect whether your terminal can use colors and enable/disable accordingly. When colors are disabled, the color functions do nothing. You can override this with a command-line flag:
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122 |
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123 | ```bash
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124 | node myapp.js --no-color
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125 | node myapp.js --color=false
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126 |
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127 | node myapp.js --color
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128 | node myapp.js --color=true
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129 | node myapp.js --color=always
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130 |
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131 | FORCE_COLOR=1 node myapp.js
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132 | ```
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133 |
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134 | Or in code:
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135 |
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136 | ```javascript
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137 | var colors = require('colors');
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138 | colors.enable();
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139 | colors.disable();
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140 | ```
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141 |
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142 | ## Console.log [string substitution](http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/console.html#console_console_log_data)
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143 |
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144 | ```js
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145 | var name = 'Marak';
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146 | console.log(colors.green('Hello %s'), name);
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147 | // outputs -> 'Hello Marak'
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148 | ```
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149 |
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150 | ## Custom themes
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151 |
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152 | ### Using standard API
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153 |
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154 | ```js
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155 |
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156 | var colors = require('colors');
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157 |
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158 | colors.setTheme({
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159 | silly: 'rainbow',
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160 | input: 'grey',
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161 | verbose: 'cyan',
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162 | prompt: 'grey',
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163 | info: 'green',
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164 | data: 'grey',
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165 | help: 'cyan',
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166 | warn: 'yellow',
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167 | debug: 'blue',
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168 | error: 'red'
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169 | });
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170 |
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171 | // outputs red text
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172 | console.log("this is an error".error);
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173 |
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174 | // outputs yellow text
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175 | console.log("this is a warning".warn);
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176 | ```
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177 |
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178 | ### Using string safe API
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179 |
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180 | ```js
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181 | var colors = require('colors/safe');
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182 |
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183 | // set single property
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184 | var error = colors.red;
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185 | error('this is red');
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186 |
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187 | // set theme
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188 | colors.setTheme({
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189 | silly: 'rainbow',
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190 | input: 'grey',
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191 | verbose: 'cyan',
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192 | prompt: 'grey',
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193 | info: 'green',
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194 | data: 'grey',
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195 | help: 'cyan',
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196 | warn: 'yellow',
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197 | debug: 'blue',
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198 | error: 'red'
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199 | });
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200 |
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201 | // outputs red text
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202 | console.log(colors.error("this is an error"));
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203 |
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204 | // outputs yellow text
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205 | console.log(colors.warn("this is a warning"));
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206 |
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207 | ```
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208 |
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209 | ### Combining Colors
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210 |
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211 | ```javascript
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212 | var colors = require('colors');
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213 |
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214 | colors.setTheme({
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215 | custom: ['red', 'underline']
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216 | });
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217 |
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218 | console.log('test'.custom);
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219 | ```
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220 |
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221 | *Protip: There is a secret undocumented style in `colors`. If you find the style you can summon him.*
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