Change color of variables in c++ output

Question

Im making a wordle game and it would make everything much easier if i could code colors into the game, so the output goes from:

flame
__&_!
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where i use symbols, to something more like real wordle with colors:

Im using emacs on a linux server and i can color the output of strings using

\033[1;31m Sample Text \033[0m

to change the color of strings but i need a way of changing the variable output color, something along the lines of this:

string word = "water";
cout << \033[1;31m word \033[0m << endl;

because if i just use the quotes its not going to use the variable it will just print "word"