Task supports color in several places. In cases where you may specify a color, a foreground, a background, or a combination foreground and background color may be used. The following are valid foreground colors:

         bold          underline          bold_underline
black    bold_black    underline_black    bold_underline_black
red      bold_red      underline_red      bold_underline_red
green    bold_green    underline_green    bold_underline_green
yellow   bold_yellow   underline_yellow   bold_underline_yellow
blue     bold_blue     underline_blue     bold_underline_blue
magenta  bold_magenta  underline_magenta  bold_underline_magenta
cyan     bold_cyan     underline_cyan     bold_underline_cyan
white    bold_white    underline_white    bold_underline_white

and the following are valid background colors:

on_black    on_bright_black
on_red      on_bright_red
on_green    on_bright_green
on_yellow   on_bright_yellow
on_blue     on_bright_blue
on_magenta  on_bright_magenta
on_cyan     on_bright_cyan
on_white    on_bright_white

Depending on your terminal color choices, task can display all the colors it supports with the command:

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