How to Change Bash shell Terminal Color

Easy steps to change your bash terminal color

Open .bashrc file by the following command

$gedit ~/.bashrc 

Find the following code segment in .bashrc file

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi

Copy and paste the below color code above the if condition

# ANSI color codes
RS="\[\033[0m\]"    # reset
HC="\[\033[1m\]"    # hicolor
UL="\[\033[4m\]"    # underline
INV="\[\033[7m\]"   # inverse background and foreground
FBLK="\[\033[30m\]" # foreground black
FRED="\[\033[31m\]" # foreground red
FGRN="\[\033[32m\]" # foreground green
FYEL="\[\033[33m\]" # foreground yellow
FBLE="\[\033[34m\]" # foreground blue
FMAG="\[\033[35m\]" # foreground magenta
FCYN="\[\033[36m\]" # foreground cyan
FWHT="\[\033[37m\]" # foreground white
BBLK="\[\033[40m\]" # background black
BRED="\[\033[41m\]" # background red
BGRN="\[\033[42m\]" # background green
BYEL="\[\033[43m\]" # background yellow
BBLE="\[\033[44m\]" # background blue
BMAG="\[\033[45m\]" # background magenta
BCYN="\[\033[46m\]" # background cyan
BWHT="\[\033[47m\]" # background white

Now comment the the PS1 line in the if condition and paste the following line

PS1="[ ${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u is awesome: \w ]\\$ "

find the following line in .bashrc file and uncomment it

#force_color_prompt=yes

Than run the following command

source ~/.bashrc 

Now close the terminal and start it again, Your bash prompt is colored now. Happy Scripting :)