Is there a Python equivalent of Perl's print color 'red'; print <something>; print color 'reset'; available? I am using this approach: "\x1b[1;%dm" % (<color code>) + "ERROR: log file does not exist" + "\x1b[0m" what I want is I should be able to set color for all print messages like, print color 'red' function_print_something(<some message>) print color 'reset' Here 'function_print_something' is my python function which will print some formatted log messages on to the screen. Continue reading...