How to change Font color and background colour in Linux Terminal

Change the Font Color of Shell Prompt in Linux:
$ export PS1="\e[0;31m[\u@\h \W]\$ \e[m "

The color can be chosen from below table values



List of Color code

Color	Code
Black	0;30
Blue	0;34
Green	0;32
Cyan	0;36
Red	0;31
Purple	0;35
Brown	0;33
Blue	0;34
Green	0;32
Cyan	0;36
Red	0;31
Purple	0;35
Brown	0;33

Replace digit 0 with 1 to get light color version.

Change the background color in Linux Terminal: