e.g. & i.e.?

Question

When you use e.g. or i.e. do you need to put a comma afterwards?

e.g., blue, black, red, pink
e.g. blue, black, red, pink

i.e., one, two, three, four
i.e. one, two, three, four

On those examples, it looks like the first one is correct. Am I right? If so, explain. Or, if not, please explain.

Thank you!

Answer 1

The comma is unnecessary.
e.g. blue, black,red pink. i.e. one, two, three four. because there is already a full stop(period) after the g or e. If there was a list after either you could put a colon(:). Hope this helps

Answer 2

e.g. is short for Exempli Gratia (Latin - for example)
i.e. is short for id est (Latin - that is to say )
I normally use 2nd example (no , for both) - as it seems most common however http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/i.e. uses i.e., style

So, it looks like you're correct bit I think people usually leave out the ,

Answer 3

i believe that the second option ( in both examples) is the correct one, i can't explain besides the fact that its been my experience to see it written that way.