(cli): replace colors.js with chalk

[blimmer]

Description

A recent publish of colors.js is causing problems for a lot of software projects, including aws-cdk (see #18322, #18323, and #18324). The author of colors.js seems to be in crisis right now, and relying on their projects is risky.

Migrating from colors.js to chalk is probably a good idea to reduce risk for aws-cdk users.

Use Case

For folks who do not pin aws-cdk (e.g., those who install globally or use npx to run), they could accidentally get one of the broken versions of colors.js.

Proposed Solution

colors is replaced with chalk and remove from dependencies of aws-cdk/package.json

Other information

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Acknowledge

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

[leantorres73]

I was expecting to find this issue already created. Thanks this is something really important

[fourhundredfour]

I completely agree that the change should be made, however, it is not as critical as it is portrayed here.

There is a yarn.lock file in which among other things the hash is locked as well as the version number.

Also a hotfix was published. See #18324

[jumic]

colors.js was replaced with chalk in #18363.
@peterwoodworth I think this issue can be closed. Thanks.

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