How to change background color of excel cell with python xlwt library?

Question

I use xlwt Python library to write data in excel workbook.
And now I have some problems with adding background color to excel cell.

For example I have next colo

Answer 1

In this example, I have shown how to set background color for cells, you can run it for result:

from xlwt import Workbook
import xlwt
book = Workbook()
sheet1 = book.add_sheet('Sheet 1')
for i in range(0, 100):
    st = xlwt.easyxf('pattern: pattern solid;')
    st.pattern.pattern_fore_colour = i
    sheet1.write(i % 24, i // 24, 'Test text', st)
book.save('simple.xls')