Function to colorize bash scripts

color.sh

function color() {
	case $1 in
	red)    tput setaf 1;;
	green)  tput setaf 2;;
	yellow) tput setaf 3;;
	blue)   tput setaf 4;;
	purple) tput setaf 5;;
	cyan)   tput setaf 6;;
	white)  tput setaf 7;;
	#bold
	bold)    tput bold;;
	bred)    tput bold; tput setaf 1;;
	bgreen)  tput bold; tput setaf 2;;
	byellow) tput bold; tput setaf 3;;
	bblue)   tput bold; tput setaf 4;;
	bpurple) tput bold; tput setaf 5;;
	bcyan)   tput bold; tput setaf 6;;
	bwhite)  tput bold; tput setaf 7;;
	reset)   tput sgr0;;
	*) echo "Usage: $0 [b]{red|green|yellow|blue|purple|cyan|white}|bold|reset";;
	esac
}

test:

source color.sh
echo $(color blue)blue_text$(color reset)