[ tput Colour Capabilities ]

tput setab [1-7]Set a background colour using ANSI escape
tput setb [1-7] Set a background colour
tput setaf [1-7]Set a foreground colour using ANSI escape
tput setf [1-7] Set a foreground colour

[ tput Text Mode Capabilities ]

tput bold Set bold mode
tput dim turn on half-bright mode
tput smul begin underline mode
tput rmul exit underline mode
tput rev Turn on reverse mode
tput smso Enter standout mode (bold on rxvt)
tput rmso Exit standout mode
tput sgr0 Turn off all attributes (doesn't work quite as expected)

[ tput Cursor Movement Capabilities ]

tput cup Y X Move cursor to screen location X,Y (top left is 0,0)
tput sc Save the cursor position
tput rc Restore the cursor position
tput lines Output the number of lines of the terminal
tput cols Output the number of columns of the terminal
tput cub N Move N characters left
tput cuf N Move N characters right
tput cub1 move left one space
tput cuf1 non-destructive space (move right one space)
tput ll last line, first column (if no cup)
tput cuu1 up one line

[ tput Clear and Insert Capabilities ]

tput ech N Erase N characters
tput clear clear screen and home cursor
tput el1 Clear to beginning of line
tput el clear to end of line
tput ed clear to end of screen
tput ich N insert N characters (moves rest of line forward!)
tput il N insert N lines

This is by no means a complete list of what terminfo and tput
allow, in fact it's only the beginning. man tput and man terminfo
if you want to know more.