>     I always use color, as you. The statement that prompt is more important
> than command output is just plain wrong. I use the same color as you (green
> for me and red for root), plus other fancy colours for other system
> usernames (eg www-data). It is very important also to remind you when you
> are in a chroot. Here is my prompt for root (note the color list in the
> comment):

> ----------------------------
> if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
>     debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
> fi

> # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
> # \[\033[01;XXm\] changes the color
> # with XX= 30->black-bold, 31->red, 32->green, 33->yellow, 34->blue,
> 35->cyan
> # and  \[\033[00m\] to return to the default color
> case "$TERM" in
> xterm*)
> PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$
> '
>     ;;
> *)
>     PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
>     ;;
> esac
> ----------------------------

>     Cheers.
>                                 Didier