Escape sequences (colour) and padding with "%8s"%

[Anton81]

> If you insist on building the codes yourself instead of using the
> standard curses library...
> 
> print '\x1b[34m%8s\x1b[0m' % 'TEST'

Will the curses library help? The problem is I need the colour coded in my
string and the "print pattern" is static.

What's the quickest way to solve this without having special print routines,
that handle "colour string objects"?

Anton