On Sun, 19 May 1996, The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] wrote:

> <snip><snip> 
> If I knew the ansi color sequence dealing with inverse video, I could
> prescribe a patch that would set normal video every time bash prompted
> you.  It wouldn't be too hard.  I forget where you'd stick it in the
> source, but I could certainly check, if you'd like.

Try `<esc>[0m' which resets all video modes, including blink, bold, 
underline, and reverse.