i found a proxy for chalk that does just this
const chalk = require("chalk");
const chalkish = (parts, ...substitutions) => {
const rawResults = [];
const cookedResults = [];
for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
rawResults.push(parts.raw[i]);
cookedResults.push(parts[i]);
if (i < substitutions.length) {
rawResults.push(substitutions[i]);
cookedResults.push(substitutions[i]);
}
}
const chalkParts = [cookedResults.join("")];
chalkParts.raw = [rawResults.join("")];
return (chalk(chalkParts));
}