Overview

We can use the faith package to achieve the same

https://github.com/fatih/color

Program

In the below program we are printing a text in white with red background

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/fatih/color"
)

func main() {
	whilte := color.New(color.FgWhite)
	boldWhite := whilte.Add(color.BgRed)
	boldWhite.Print("This will print white text with red background")
	fmt.Println()

	boldWhite = whilte.Add(color.BgGreen)
	boldWhite.Print("This will print white text with green background")
	fmt.Println()

}

Output

Other background color options are

https://github.com/fatih/color/blob/master/color.go

// Background text colors
const (
    BgBlack Attribute = iota + 40
    BgRed
    BgGreen
    BgYellow
    BgBlue
    BgMagenta
    BgCyan
    BgWhite
)
// Background Hi-Intensity text colors
const (
    BgHiBlack Attribute = iota + 100
    BgHiRed
    BgHiGreen
    BgHiYellow
    BgHiBlue
    BgHiMagenta
    BgHiCyan
    BgHiWhite
)

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