Note: In my fix, I've included regular expressions for @InspectorCaracal's Hex implementation which follows the syntax |#RRGGBB, but its addition here does not diminish the overall integrity of the function.

Thanks for working on this! I have looked over this, and I need to ponder if this is the way to go about it though ... this re-implements |-style parsing in a second place, which breaks DRY principles and feels a little hackish to me ... not sure I have a better alternative atm, but will wait to merge this a bit, nevertheless.

Not as a solution, but as an alternative that might help spark a better idea: for my games, I've written the following function that I use pretty much everywhere. It's not a fantastic solution, due to its dependence on adding a temporary "marker" character that you don't really have a guarantee won't be included in someone's just normal string, which is why I only use it personally and so haven't bothered making it "nice".

re_colorful = re.compile(r'\|.+?\|n')
re_articles = re.compile(r'^(a|an|and|the)(\s+)', re.IGNORECASE)

def numbered_name(name, count, pair=False, pluralize=True, cap=False, prefix=True):
	name = re_articles.sub('', name)
	colorlist = re_colorful.findall(name)
	colorkeys = {}
	for colorword in colorlist:
		index = strip_ansi(colorword)+'@'
		colorkeys[index] = colorword
		name = name.replace(colorword, index)
	if count == 1 and prefix:
		name = INFLECT.an(name)
	else:
		if not count:
			num = "no"
		elif pair and count == 2 and not name.startswith("pair of"):
			num = "a pair of"
		else:
			num = INFLECT.number_to_words(count)
		if pluralize:
			name = INFLECT.plural_noun(name) or name
		if prefix:
			name = f"{num} {name}"

	if cap:
		name = name[0].upper() + name[1:]

	for index, colorword in colorkeys.items():
		name = name.replace(index, colorword)

	return name