Python Fonts and Colors

A font represents a type of displaying letters and numbers. In tkinter, fonts are mentioned using a tuple that contains font family name, size and font style as:

fnt =('Times', 40, 'bold italic underline overstrike')

Here, the font family name is 'Times' and font size is 40 pixels. If the size is a positive number, it indicates size in points. If the size is a negative number, it indicates size in pixels. The style of the font can be 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'overstrike'. We can mention any one or more styles as a string. The following program is useful to know the available font families in your system. All fonts are available in tkinter.font module inside tkinter module.

Fonts Available:

We should know what are the available fonts in the python, the following example prints available fonts

Python program to know the available font families.

from tkinter import * 
from tkinter import font 
#create root window 
root = Tk() 
#get all the supported font families 
list_fonts = list(font.families()) 
#display them 
print(list_fonts)

Colors in tkinter can be displayed directly by mentioning their names as: blue, lightblue, darkblue, red, lightred, darkred, black, white, yellow, magenta, cyan, etc. We can also specify colors using the hexadecimal numbers in the format:

#rrggbb# 8 bits per color

#rrrgggbbb# 12 bits per color

For example, #000000 represents black and #ff0000 represents red. In the same way, #000fff000 represents puregreen and #00ffff is cyan(greenplusblue).

Colors

Table gives some standard color names:

Alice Blue	DeepPink1 to DeepPink4	LemonChiffon1 to LemonChiffon4	RoyalBlue
AntiqueWhite	DeepSkyBlue	magenta	RoyalBlue1 to RoyalBlue4
AntiqueWhite1 to AntiqueWhite4	DeepSkyBlue1 to DeepSkyBlue4	magenta1 to magenta4	salmon
aquamarine	DodgerBlue	maroon	salmon1 to salmon4
aquamarine1 to aquamarine4	DodgerBlue1 to DodgerBlue4	maroon1 to maroon4	SeaGreen
azure	firebrick	MistyRose	SeaGreen1 to SeaGreen4
azure1 to azure4	firebrick1 to firebrick4	MistyRose1 to MistyRose4	tan
beige	gold	NavajoWhite	tan1 to tan4
bisque	gold1 to gold4	NavajoWhite1 to NavajoWhite4	thistle
bisque1 to bisque4	goldenrod	OliveDrab	thistle1 to thistle4
BlanchedAlmond	goldenrod1 to goldenrod4	OliveDrab1 to OliveDrab4	tomato
blue	gray / grey	orange	tomato1 to tomato4
BlueViolet	gray0 to gray100 / grey0 to grey100	orange1 to orange4	turquoise
blue1 to blue4	green	OrangeRed	turquoise1 to turquoise4
brown	green1 to green4	OrangeRed1 to OrangeRed4	VioletRed
brown1 to brown4	GreenYellow	orchid	VioletRed1 to VioletRed4
burlywood	honeydew	orchid1 to orchid4	wheat
burlywood1 to burlywood4	honeydew1 to honeydew4	PeachPuff	wheat1 to wheat4
CadetBlue	HotPink	PeachPuff1 to PeachPuff	white
CadetBlue1 to CadetBlue4	HotPink1 to HotPink4	pink	yellow
chocolate	InadianRed	pink1 to pink4	yellow1 to yellow4
chocolate1 to chocolate2	InadianRed1 to InadianRed4	plum	YellowGreen light/dark blue
coral	ivory	plum1 to plum4	light/dark cyan
coral1 to coral4	ivory1 to ivory4	purple	light/dark goldenrod
cornsilk	khaki	purple1 to purple4	light/dark gray
cornsilk1 to cornsilk4	khaki1 to khaki4	red	light/dark green
cyan	LavenderBlush	red1 to red4	light/dark grey
cyan1 to cyan4	LavenderBlush1 to LavenderBlush4	RosyBrown	light/dark salmon
DeepPink	LemonChiffon	RosyBrown1 to RosyBrown4	light/dark seagreen