Hue

Use Hue like echo

To view the above message use -h or --help:

$ hue.sh -h

Classic ANSI colors have switches with their names:

$ hue.sh --teal will show in teal

They all have a light- variant:

$ hue.sh --light-teal will show in light teal

--default will probably be a light tone on a dark background terminal, and a black tone in a white themed one. --white will always show white, just like --black will show black. Don't ask me what light-white means, though

When using --bold the color becomes the light- version automatically.

256color is available using --hue=color_code:

$ hue.sh --hue=79 a blend of teal and green perhaps?
$ hue.sh --hue=53 reminds me of grapes

Add styles using switches too:

$ hue.sh --bold Important text.
$ hue.sh --underline remember this.

View the complete list of styles and ANSI color switches using $ hue.sh -h

Add backgrounds using --bg=ANSI_color:

$ hue.sh --bg=pink a pink box with text

256color backgrounds need the --swap switch:

$ hue.sh --hue=172 --swap will show in a dark orange background

256color background with ANSI text color:

$ hue.sh --hue=172 --swap --bg=teal same as above, with teal text

--swap exchanges foreground and background color, try it!

To view all 256color codes use:

$ hue.sh --view=256

To view all ANSI colors:

$ hue.sh --view=ansi

Other things it does

Output internal code, for your reuse:

$ hue.sh --hue=99 --swap --underline --code
< printf "\033[4;7;38;05;99m\033[0m"

Suppress newline printing:

$ hue.sh -n
$ hue.sh --newline

Classic ANSI color dump:

$ hue.sh --palette

All combinations of ANSI colors, backgrounds and styles. Warning: long output!

The help message is there to help:

$ hue.sh -h

Installation

Download or clone the repo, then put hue.sh in your $HOME/bin/ directory (or whatever directory you use for bash scripts)

A note from me

I wrote this for my own use to make coloring the terminal easier (to do, remember and read). I like the --code switch specially.

Make the shell work for you!