Pastel 4.0.2

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dotnet add package Pastel --version 4.0.2
NuGet\Install-Package Pastel -Version 4.0.2
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Pastel" Version="4.0.2" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add Pastel --version 4.0.2
#r "nuget: Pastel, 4.0.2"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install Pastel as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Pastel&version=4.0.2

// Install Pastel as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Pastel&version=4.0.2

Pastel

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Give your console app a nicer look by adding some color to the output it produces. This is achieved by wrapping strings of the output in ANSI codes that instruct the terminal to color the string based on the interpreted code. Tested on both Windows (requires at least Windows 10, v1511 [November Update]) and Linux.

Introduction

Modern terminals have a feature that allows them to print text in different colors. To enable this, a string is wrapped with a special sequence of characters containing a directive to the terminal to color the string that follows and stop coloring when it encounters an end code. Producing these character sequences can be cumbersome, which is the reason why I decided to build this small library that turns this into a very easy task.
Because Pastel only alters the output string, there is no need to manipulate or extend the built-in System.Console class.

If your terminal doesn't support 24-bit colors, it will approximate to the nearest color instead.

How to use

The basic syntax is very simple. Use the Pastel() method on the string you want to colorize and supply a color argument.

"ENTER".Pastel(Color.FromArgb(165, 229, 250))

Console.WriteLine($"Press {"ENTER".Pastel(Color.FromArgb(165, 229, 250))} to continue");

Example 1

You can either use a System.Drawing.Color object or a hexadecimal string value.
Both upper and lower case hex codes are supported and the leading number sign (#) is optional.

var spectrum = new (string color, string letter)[]
{
    ("#124542", "a"),
    ("#185C58", "b"),
    ("#1E736E", "c"),
    ("#248A84", "d"),
    ("#20B2AA", "e"),
    ("#3FBDB6", "f"),
    ("#5EC8C2", "g"),
    ("#7DD3CE", "i"),
    ("#9CDEDA", "j"),
    ("#BBE9E6", "k")
};

Console.WriteLine(string.Join("", spectrum.Select(s => s.letter.Pastel(s.color))));

Example 2

Example 3

Using a Color argument pairs very well with ReSharper as the extension automatically underlines the argument list and colors it accordingly:

ReSharper color object underlining

Background colors

Pastel also supports background colors. The syntax is exactly the same except that the method is called PastelBg.
Both foreground and background colors can be combined by chaining the methods:

"Colorize me".Pastel(Color.Black).PastelBg("FFD000");

Example 4

Disabling / enabling color output

If you for some reason want to disable any future color output produced by Pastel for the duration of your app, simply call ConsoleExtensions.Disable(). To re-enable color output, call ConsoleExtensions.Enable().

NO_COLOR

Pastel will honor systems where console color output has explicitly been requested to be turned off. See more information about this initiative at https://no-color.org.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 is compatible.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Framework net462 is compatible.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
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5.0.0 10,280 1/20/2024
4.2.0 41,015 10/9/2023
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3.0.1 35,205 6/20/2022
3.0.0 50,593 11/17/2021
2.1.0 75,514 11/18/2020
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1.0.0 1,198 12/4/2018

v4.0.2

- Target .NET 6/7 and .NET Framework 4.6.2
- Performance improvements for .NET 7