color

news/printx_color.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* builtins: Added color to printx e.g. ``printx('Good', color='GREEN')``.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

xonsh/tools.py

@@ -2018,11 +2018,14 @@ def format_color(string, **kwargs):
         return ansi_partial_color_format(string, style=style)
 
 
-def print_color(string, **kwargs):
+def print_color(string, color=None, **kwargs):
     """Prints a string that may contain colors. This dispatched to the shell
     method of the same name. Colors will be formatted if they have not already
     been.
     """
+    if color:
+        string = f'{{{color}}}{string}{{RESET}}'
+
     if hasattr(xsh.shell, "shell"):
         xsh.shell.shell.print_color(string, **kwargs)
     else: