echo text with colours in your batch files, with the free sfk echo command for windows and linux.

- download the free swiss file knife base from sourceforge.
- unpack the tool using winzip or unzip.
- open the Windows Command Line or a Linux shell.

sfk echo [-spat] string [string2] [string3] [...]

prints the supplied string to terminal, which may contain color patterns:

    [Red],[Green],[Blue],[Yellow],[Cyan],[Magenta]   (bright)
    [red],[green],[blue],[yellow],[cyan],[magenta]   (dark)
      print the following text in the selected color.

    [def]
      switch back to default color.

    [[ print the '[' character, no not interpret the following word.
    ]] print the ']' character, do not interpret it.

further pattern support:
   -spat     activates slash patterns: \t=TAB \q=" \r=CR \n=LF
             \xnn = any code with hex value nn.
   -literal  or -lit disables everything, even color patterns. set this
             always if you need to process filenames in batch files,
             using echo to feed a command chain:
                sfk echo -lit %1 +filter -rep _/_\_ ...

options:
   -noline   stay in the same line, print no linefeed.
             if your string ends with \r, -noline is assumed.
   -noblank  if multiple strings are given, do not insert blanks
             between them.

see also: sfk help colors

examples:
   sfk echo "[Red]error:[def] missing filename."
      prints "error: missing filename." onto terminal.

   sfk echo [Cyan]NOTE:[def] type the word [[red]] with brakets!
      prints "NOTE: type the word [red] with brakets!" onto terminal.

   sfk echo "[Green]mytext contains:[def]" +then filter mytext.txt
      +then forces echo not to pass its text to filter, but to
      print it immediately. filter then prints the content of mytext.
 
sfk color colorname

switches the text color of terminal (command line).
supported color names are:

      white  
      grey   
      red    
      green  
      blue   
      yellow 
      cyan   
      magenta
      black  

read more about all sfk functions here.