Using a module such as colorconsole is easier:
pip install colorconsole
Then e.g.
from colorconsole import terminal
screen = terminal.get_terminal(conEmu=False)
screen.cprint(4, 0, "This is red\n")
screen.cprint(10, 0, "This is light green\n")
screen.cprint(0, 11, "This is black on light cyan\n")
screen.reset_colors()
It also supports 256/24 bit colours if available.