~FG--->>> Colours commands <<<--- All the commands start with a ~ and are the following: RS - reset terminal to default colour status RV - reverse video OL - bold LI - blink/flash text (only the text flashes, not the background colour). This won't work on all terminals, some xterms simply set it to bold. UL - underline text, this doesn't work on all terminals. FK - set foreground colour to black FR - foreground red FG - green FY - yellow (though it looks an orangey brown on some systems) FB - blue FM - magenta/purple FT - turquoise/bright blue FW - white BK - set background colour to black BR - red BG - green BY - yellow BB - blue BM - magenta BT - turqouise BW - white You can print out colour commands as themselves by prepending them with a forward slash '/'.