Very simple linux terminal color fader

color_fader.py

with open('ascii.txt', 'r') as f:
    text = list(f)
    row_len = len(text[1])

colors = [214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219]
chunk_size = len(colors)
chunk_len = row_len // chunk_size

for line in text:
    for i in range(len(colors)):
        start = i * chunk_len
        to = i * chunk_len + chunk_len

        if (i != len(colors) - 1):
            #print('DEBUG from: {} to: {}'.format(start, to))
            print('\033[38;5;{}m{}'.format(colors[i], line[start:to]), end='')
        else:
            #print('DEBUG from: {} to: ::'.format(start))
            print('\033[38;5;{}m{}'.format(colors[i], line[start::]), end='') 

print('\033[0m')