gistfile1.sh

function shw_grey { echo -e '\033[1;30m'"$1"'\033[0m'; }
function shw_norm { echo    "$1"; }
function shw_info { echo -e '\033[1;34m'"$1"'\033[0m'; }
function shw_warn { echo -e '\033[1;33m'"$1"'\033[0m'; }
function shw_err  { echo -e '\033[1;31mERROR: '"$1"'\033[0m'; }

shw_grey "Blablabla nothing interesting..."
shw_norm "I reclaim some attention, but still within normality"
shw_info "I'm an info message - I stand out"
shw_warn "We must fix our economic system"
shw_err  "Crash Boom Bang"