Add colored text output in your console application using gcc compiler

 There is no traditional  way to show colored output in your console in gcc compiler like turbo C++. Turbo C++ has built in header file (conio.h) to perform this task. But in gcc this can be achieved through escape sequences. e.g. look at this program output 

using gcc compiler - Online C Compiler - online editor

#include <stdio.h> /* printf */

int main(void)
{
  printf("\033[0mNormal text\033[0m\n");
  printf("\033[31mRed text\033[0m\n");
  printf("\033[4mUnderlined text\033[0m\n");
  printf("\033[37;104mGray on light blue\033[0m\n");
  printf("\033[1;37;44mBright white on blue\033[0m\n");
  printf("\033[1;37;41mBright white on light red\033[0m\n");
  printf("\033[5;93mBlinking yellow\033[0m\n");

  return 0;
}

using g++ compiler: Online C++ Compiler - online editor

#include <iostream> /* cout, endl */

int main()
{
  using std::cout;
  using std::endl;

  cout << "\033[0mNormal text\033[0m" << endl;
  cout << "\033[31mRed text\033[0m" << endl;
  cout << "\033[4mUnderlined text\033[0m" << endl;
  cout << "\033[37;104mGray on light blue\033[0m" << endl;
  cout << "\033[1;37;44mBright white on blue\033[0m" << endl;
  cout << "\033[1;37;41mBright white on light red\033[0m" << endl;
  cout << "\033[5;93mBlinking yellow\033[0m" << endl;

  return 0;
}

Color codes and Escape Sequences:

n escape sequence includes 3 integer values: an attribute, a foreground color, and a background color. If you don't provide one of the three values, the default will be used.

Attributes	Foreground color	Background color
00 = normal 01 = bold 04 = underlined 05 = blinking 07 = reversed 08 = concealed	31 = red 32 = green 33 = orange 34 = blue 35 = purple 36 = cyan 37 = grey 90 = dark grey 91 = light red 92 = light green 93 = yellow 94 = light blue 95 = light purple 96 = turquoise	40 = black 41 = red 42 = green 43 = orange 44 = blue 45 = purple 46 = cyan 47 = grey 100 = dark grey 101 = light red 102 = light green 103 = yellow 104 = light blue 105 = light purple 106 = turquoise

for detail tutorial follow this link Mead's Guide to Colorized Output using ANSI Escape Sequences