[Python] Injecting Multi-Colored Text into an Existing PSD Text Layer?

I have a PSD that already contains a single text layer, and I want to inject a block of text into that layer where different words or phrases are each rendered in their own color (e.g. some words blue, others red, etc.).

os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(png_path), exist_ok=True)

app = win32com.client.Dispatch("Photoshop.Application.190")

app.Open(psd_path)
doc = app.Application.ActiveDocument

artboard = doc.LayerSets.Item("redacao")

tema_layer = artboard.ArtLayers.Item("Tema")
texto_layer = artboard.ArtLayers.Item("Texto")

tema_layer.TextItem.Contents = tema
texto_layer.TextItem.Contents = text


What’s the best approach with psd-tools (or related Python tooling) to insert text that already includes multiple color formats into an existing text layer, so that the layer preserves each segment’s individual color?

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