Colorful.Console is a C# library that wraps around the System.Console class, exposing enhanced styling functionality.
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usingSystem;usingSystem.Drawing;usingConsole=Colorful.Console;
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...Console.WriteLine("console in pink",Color.Pink);Console.WriteLine("console in default");
intr=225;intg=255;intb=250;for(inti=0;i<10;i++){Console.WriteLine(storyFragments[i],Color.FromArgb(r,g,b));r-=18;b-=9;}
stringdream="a dream of {0} and {1} and {2} and {3} and {4} and {5} and {6} and {7} and {8} and {9}...";string[]fruits=newstring[]{"bananas","strawberries","mangoes","pineapples","cherries","oranges","apples","peaches","plums","melons"};Console.WriteLineFormatted(dream,Color.LightGoldenrodYellow,Color.Gray,fruits);
stringdream="a dream of {0} and {1} and {2} and {3} and {4} and {5} and {6} and {7} and {8} and {9}...";Formatter[]fruits=newFormatter[]{newFormatter("bananas",Color.LightGoldenrodYellow),newFormatter("strawberries",Color.Pink),newFormatter("mangoes",Color.PeachPuff),newFormatter("pineapples",Color.Yellow),newFormatter("cherries",Color.Red),newFormatter("oranges",Color.Orange),newFormatter("apples",Color.LawnGreen),newFormatter("peaches",Color.MistyRose),newFormatter("plums",Color.Indigo),newFormatter("melons",Color.LightGreen),};Console.WriteLineFormatted(dream,Color.Gray,fruits);
ColorAlternatorFactoryalternatorFactory=newColorAlternatorFactory();ColorAlternatoralternator=alternatorFactory.GetAlternator(2,Color.Plum,Color.PaleVioletRed);for(inti=0;i<15;i++){Console.WriteLineAlternating("cats",alternator);}
ColorAlternatorFactoryalternatorFactory=newColorAlternatorFactory();ColorAlternatoralternator=alternatorFactory.GetAlternator(new[]{"hiss","m[a-z]+w"},Color.Plum,Color.PaleVioletRed);for(inti=0;i<15;i++){stringcatMessage="cats";if(i%3==0){catMessage=meowVariant[meowCounter++];}elseif(i%10==0){catMessage="hiss";}Console.WriteLineAlternating(catMessage,alternator);}
StyleSheetstyleSheet=newStyleSheet(Color.White);styleSheet.AddStyle("rain[a-z]*",Color.MediumSlateBlue);Console.WriteLineStyled(storyAboutRain,styleSheet);
StyleSheetstyleSheet=newStyleSheet(Color.White);styleSheet.AddStyle("rain[a-z]*",Color.MediumSlateBlue, match =>match.ToUpper());Console.WriteLineStyled(storyAboutRain,styleSheet);
StyleSheetstyleSheet=newStyleSheet(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);
intDA=244;intV=212;intID=255;for(inti=0;i<3;i++){Console.WriteAscii("HASSELHOFF",Color.FromArgb(DA,V,ID));DA-=18;V-=36;}
Convert Text to ASCII Art Using FIGlet Fonts
FigletFontfont=FigletFont.Load("chunky.flf");Figletfiglet=newFiglet(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=newList<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!