Enable bash output color with Lua script

Question

I have several Lua scripts that run experiences and output a lot of information, in text files and in the console. I\'d like to add some colors in the console output, to make it

Answer 1

lua -e "print('This is red->\27[31mred\n')"

Note the \27. Whenever Lua sees a \ followed by a decimal number, it converts this decimal number into its ASCII equivalent. I used \27 to obtain the bash \033 ESC character. More info here.