ascii_art=' ________ __ ___. \_____ \ _____ _____ | | ____ _\_ |__ / | \ / \\__ \ | |/ / | \ __ \ / | \ Y Y \/ __ \| <| | / \_\ \ \_______ /__|_| (____ /__|_ \____/|___ / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ ' # Define the color gradient (shades of cyan and blue) colors=( '\033[38;5;81m' # Cyan '\033[38;5;75m' # Light Blue '\033[38;5;69m' # Sky Blue '\033[38;5;63m' # Dodger Blue '\033[38;5;57m' # Deep Sky Blue '\033[38;5;51m' # Cornflower Blue '\033[38;5;45m' # Royal Blue ) # Split the ASCII art into lines IFS=$'\n' read -rd '' -a lines <<<"$ascii_art" # Print each line with the corresponding color for i in "${!lines[@]}"; do color_index=$((i % ${#colors[@]})) echo -e "${colors[color_index]}${lines[i]}" done