[ 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.