Colorful.Console is a C# library that wraps around the System.Console
class, exposing enhanced styling functionality. See http://colorfulconsole.com/ for a more colorful tutorial!
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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using Console = Colorful.Console;
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Console.WriteLine("console in pink", Color.Pink);
Console.WriteLine("console in default");
int r = 225;
int g = 255;
int b = 250;
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(storyFragments[i], Color.FromArgb(r, g, b));
r -= 18;
b -= 9;
}
string dream = "a dream of {0} and {1} and {2} and {3} and {4} and {5} and {6} and {7} and {8} and {9}...";
string[] fruits = new string[]
{
"bananas",
"strawberries",
"mangoes",
"pineapples",
"cherries",
"oranges",
"apples",
"peaches",
"plums",
"melons"
};
Console.WriteLineFormatted(dream, Color.LightGoldenrodYellow, Color.Gray, fruits);
string dream = "a dream of {0} and {1} and {2} and {3} and {4} and {5} and {6} and {7} and {8} and {9}...";
Formatter[] fruits = new Formatter[]
{
new Formatter("bananas", Color.LightGoldenrodYellow),
new Formatter("strawberries", Color.Pink),
new Formatter("mangoes", Color.PeachPuff),
new Formatter("pineapples", Color.Yellow),
new Formatter("cherries", Color.Red),
new Formatter("oranges", Color.Orange),
new Formatter("apples", Color.LawnGreen),
new Formatter("peaches", Color.MistyRose),
new Formatter("plums", Color.Indigo),
new Formatter("melons", Color.LightGreen),
};
Console.WriteLineFormatted(dream, Color.Gray, fruits);
ColorAlternatorFactory alternatorFactory = new ColorAlternatorFactory();
ColorAlternator alternator = alternatorFactory.GetAlternator(2, Color.Plum, Color.PaleVioletRed);
for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++)
{
Console.WriteLineAlternating("cats", alternator);
}
ColorAlternatorFactory alternatorFactory = new ColorAlternatorFactory();
ColorAlternator alternator = alternatorFactory.GetAlternator(new[] { "hiss", "m[a-z]+w" }, Color.Plum, Color.PaleVioletRed);
for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++)
{
string catMessage = "cats";
if (i % 3 == 0)
{
catMessage = meowVariant[meowCounter++];
}
else if (i % 10 == 0)
{
catMessage = "hiss";
}
Console.WriteLineAlternating(catMessage, alternator);
}
StyleSheet styleSheet = new StyleSheet(Color.White);
styleSheet.AddStyle("rain[a-z]*", Color.MediumSlateBlue);
Console.WriteLineStyled(storyAboutRain, styleSheet);
StyleSheet styleSheet = new StyleSheet(Color.White);
styleSheet.AddStyle("rain[a-z]*", Color.MediumSlateBlue, match => match.ToUpper());
Console.WriteLineStyled(storyAboutRain, styleSheet);
StyleSheet styleSheet = new StyleSheet(Color.White);
styleSheet.AddStyle("rain[a-z]*", Color.MediumSlateBlue,
(unstyledInput, matchLocation, match) =>
{
if (unstyledInput[matchLocation.End] == '.')
{
return "marshmallows";
}
else
{
return "s'mores";
}
});
Console.WriteLineStyled(storyAboutRain, styleSheet);
int DA = 244;
int V = 212;
int ID = 255;
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
Console.WriteAscii("HASSELHOFF", Color.FromArgb(DA, V, ID));
DA -= 18;
V -= 36;
}
Convert Text to ASCII Art Using FIGlet Fonts
FigletFont font = FigletFont.Load("chunky.flf");
Figlet figlet = new Figlet(font);
Console.WriteLine(figlet.ToAscii("Belvedere"), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#8AFFEF"));
Console.WriteLine(figlet.ToAscii("ice"), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#FAD6FF"));
Console.WriteLine(figlet.ToAscii("cream."), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#B8DBFF"));
List<char> chars = new List<char>()
{
'r', 'e', 'x', 's', 'z', 'q', 'j', 'w', 't', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'l', 'm',
'r', 'e', 'x', 's', 'z', 'q', 'j', 'w', 't', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'l', 'm',
'r', 'e', 'x', 's', 'z', 'q', 'j', 'w', 't', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'l', 'm',
'r', 'e', 'x', 's', 'z', 'q', 'j', 'w', 't', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'l', 'm'
};
Console.WriteWithGradient(chars, Color.Yellow, Color.Fuchsia, 14);
Console colors can be set back to their defaults using the Colorful.Console.ReplaceAllColorsWithDefaults function.
Individual colors in the console's color palette can be replaced using the Colorful.Console.ReplaceColor function.
Colorful.Console can only write to the console in 16 different colors (including the black that's used as the console's background, by default!) in a single console session. This is a limitation of the Windows console itself (ref: MSDN), and it's one that we weren't able to work our way around. If you know of a workaround, let us know!