Why does termcolor output control characters instead of colored text in the Windows console?

Question

I just installed termcolor for Python 2.7 on Windows. When I try to print colored text, I get the color codes instead.

from termcolor import colored
print co         


        

Answer 1

windows command prompt uses a command to change the terminal output colour. you can execute the command 'color color-code' to change the color instantly. Just having the command color activates this color feature.

In short.. For your script to work, Run this at the start of your script.

import os
os.system('color')