[Help-bash] colorful shell without echo -e?

[adrelanos]

Hi!

I am mostly using

    set -x

and

   true "message here"

for running my scripts.

Using "true" instead of echo prevents showing the output message twice,
which is exactly like I prefer.

Can I have it both ways? I mean, can I use "true" and still have
colorful output? Maybe some setting for the terminal?

Cheers,
adrelanos