diff --git a/plugins/util/color.py b/plugins/util/color.py
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+# Colors. Plugin by blha303, color/control id info from http://stackoverflow.com/a/13382032
+
+colors = {'white': '0', 'black': '1', 'darkblue': '2', 'darkgreen': '3',
+          'red': '4', 'darkred': '5', 'darkviolet': '6', 'orange': '7',
+          'yellow': '8', 'lightgreen': '9', 'cyan': '10', 'lightcyan': '11',
+          'blue': '12', 'violet': '13', 'darkgray': '14', 'lightgray': '15'}
+
+control = {'bold': '\x02', 'color': '\x03', 'italic': '\x09',
+           'strikethrough': '\x13', 'reset': '\x0f', 'underline': '\x15',
+           'underline2': '\x1f', 'reverse': '\x16'}
+
+def color(color):
+    return control['color'] + colors[color]
+
+def bold():
+    return control['bold']
+
+def italic():
+    return control['italic']
+
+def strike():
+    return control['strikethrough']
+
+def reset():
+    return control['reset']
+
+def underline(other=False):
+    if other:
+        return control['underline2']
+    else:
+        return control['underline']
+
+def reverse():
+    return control['reverse']