Python/IDLE - text in different colours

[Bill Davy]

To make life easier for my users, I'd like to colour my prompt string (as 
handed to raw_input()) a different colour to that produced by print.  I'm 
using Python 2.4.1 and IDLE 1.1.1 on Windows XP.  Is it possible, and if so, 
how?
tia,
    Bill