Get sequence with colors, according to color table {sub_sequence: color_name }, e.g, {'A': 'red'}.

seq2colored_seq.py

from termcolor import colored

def seq2colored_seq(seq, color_table):
    """Return sequence with colors, according to color_table {sub_sequence: color_name}, e.g, {'A': 'red'}.                                                           
    """

    result = ''

    for x in seq:
        if x in color_table:
            x = colored(x, color_table[x], attrs=['reverse'])
        result += x

    return result


def _main():
    print seq2colored_seq('TTTAAAGGGCCC', {'A':'red', 'T':'green'})

if __name__ == '__main__':
    _main()