>>> GREEN = 1
>>> YELLOW = 2
>>> RED = 4
>>> TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = (GREEN, YELLOW, RED)
>>> # or with a dict
>>> traffic_lights = {'GREEN': 1, 'YELLOW': 2, 'RED': 4}



# using enum
>>> from enum import Enum
>>> class TrafficLight(Enum):
...     GREEN = 1
...     YELLOW = 2
...     RED = 4
...
>>> TrafficLight.GREEN
<TrafficLight.GREEN: 1>
>>> TrafficLight.GREEN.name
'GREEN'
>>> TrafficLight.GREEN.value
1
>>> TrafficLight(1)
<TrafficLight.GREEN: 1>
>>> TrafficLight(4)
<TrafficLight.RED: 4>