Other Help Topics :: Printing colors in Linux

Hello all,

I've noticed in the linuxrc script there are commands for printing text in different colots: ${WHITE}, ${BLUE}, ${GREEN}, and so on.
Also characters to clear the screen.
How are these characters printed from the keyboard?
I guess the ${CLEAR} = ^c (circumflex and c) ?
Some characters look like a small '=' and '>' symbol combined.

Is there an #include file with these macros that can be used
with GCC, or perhaps another language ?
Being able to print in color would be more interesting.
Flying Eagle, aka, Wayne Andrews