My version:

~⦒zsh --version           ▮▮▮▮▮▮▯▯▯▯ 17:26:13
zsh 5.9 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

I am trying out variations suggested here: 
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/408867/how-to-colorize-some-of-the-output-of-a-shell-script

and am confused.


One of the last (I expect ideal) suggestions is:

    % text=xyz

    % |printf '%s\n' "${(%):-%F{green}}$text${(%):-%f}"|

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|When I try it:|

    |~⦒printf '%s\n' "${(%):-%F{blue}}test${(%):-%f}" ▮▮▮▮▮▯▯▯▯▯ 17:33:45
    }test|

|I have a trailing `}' which I think I should not see.|

|If I split this up,|

    |~⦒printf '%s.%s.%s\n' "${(%):-%F{blue}}" "test"
    "${(%):-%f}"               ▮▮▮▮▮▯▯▯▯▯ 17:35:41
    }.test.
    ~⦒printf '%s.%s.%s\n' "${(%):-%F{blue}}${(%):-%B}" "test"
    "${(%):-%b}${(%):-%f}"
    }*.test.*|

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|same result.  The extra parenthesis, but the %B/%b print codes worked 
as expected.
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|If my reading of the zsh man pages is correct, this one should be 
identical to the last one above,
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    |~⦒printf '%s.%s.%s\n' "${(%):-%F{blue}%B}" "test"
    "${(%):-%b}${(%):-%f}"
    %B}.test.
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|Instead I get the above `%B}' in the output.|

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|What would I be missing?|

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|Curious,|

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|Kannan
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