duminas has a nice idea.... post your init-functions file if you've got a unique one! All of the boot and shutdown text customization (aside from the resolution) occurs in the /lib/lsb/init-functions file. It's actually pretty flexible. Just recently, I changed all of the text to blue, yellow and green.. and moved the "ok" or "fail" to the left side of the screen rather than the right. See the screenshot (crummy quality, phone shot, but you get the point!). Personally I really like the yellow text, it livens things up a lot, and produces some nice variation on the screen. It's much easier to read.
I cleaned up the init-functions file a bit, and moved all the color options to the top of the file, making them accessible throughout. It could probably be cleaned up more, but it was enough for me.
I've attached two versions of my init-functions. Just BACKUP your original init-functions and replace them with mine below. Simply rename it back to your original to go back to normal.
init-functions-front.txt (remove the .txt): Produces output in screenshot. Results "success, fail" are shown on the left side of the screen before each item. Colorful and easy to read.
init-functions-yellow.txt (remove the .txt): Standard output with colors. Results "[ ok ], [ fail ]" are on the right side, like the default. This just adds color.
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