How to color text in python .exe?

Question

I use the following code to make the text colored: stopLoss = float(input(colored("Enter stop loss price> ", 'red'))). It works well wihtin Pycharm, but when I convert the python file to .exe file using pyinstaller, it outputs this: ←[31mEnter stop loss price> ←[0m20. What should I do?

Answers are here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61701889/cannot-print-colored-text-on-windows — Prometheus, May 23 '21 at 09:17
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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '21 at 09:40

On windows you can use:

import os 

os.system('color 04') #red foreground color

color command syntax is: color *background* *foreground*

Here are the color codes

0 = Black 8 = Gray

1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue

2 = Green A = Light Green

3 = Aqua B = Light Aqua

4 = Red C = Light Red

5 = Purple D = Light Purple

6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow

7 = White F = Bright White

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '21 at 09:51

You can try colorama.

import colorama

colorama.init(True) # You dont need True, its so that you dont need to reset
# Text color after sending color all the time.

print(colorama.Fore.RED + "Hi!")

Would result in "Hi!" being printed as red color.

UPDATE:You also need to install it, you can do so by: pip install colorama (Might change from OS to OS.)

How to color text in python .exe?

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