Colorize console.error output to make it distinguishable

[segrey]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Node.js: 16.8.0

Currently, console.error(err) outputs plain text, so it doesn't bring attention when scrolling the output.

For example, Error: Server not ready is printed as plain text here:

Describe the solution you'd like

Would be great if console.error would produce output in red. As we can see in the screenshot, it already colors the stack trace (the lines are printed in dimmed color). Is it possible to extend coloring to print the error message in red?

Describe alternatives you've considered

One could use 3rd party packages like https://www.npmjs.com/package/colors, but it's not as convenient as having it out-of-the-box. Also, it's tricky to make it working with Error objects.

Related SO question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50608313/how-to-get-node-js-console-error-and-console-warn-output-in-color

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[BobFrankston]

console.log outputs in color in visual studio code and supports %c. Having the same capability when writing to the console would be consistent and invaluable.

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[segrey]

Still actual for node 19.0.0

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[bnoordhuis]

The lack of feedback from either maintainers or users suggests there's not demand for this feature. I'll go ahead and close out the issue.

[LunarTwilight]

The lack of feedback from either maintainers or users suggests there's not demand for this feature. I'll go ahead and close out the issue.

@bnoordhuis this is something that'd like to see implemented in nodejs, right now the solutions I've tried (including the one I've made) either don't do exactly what I want to do or don't work (eg loosing stack traces). Looking at the PR, it seems that it's ready for review?

[ledlamp]

pls different color for console.log, console.debug, console.warn and console.error. perhaps blue for debug, yellow for warn and red for error. would make development way nicer!

[HerozDotExe]

I would also love to have colors on console.error and console.warn please. In browsers devtools, these methods have differents colors...

[RedYetiDev]

Completed by #51629