Manual:$wgColorErrors

Debug/logging: $wgColorErrors
Whether to color command-line error messages.
Introduced in version:	1.6.0 (r13452)
Removed in version:	still in use
Allowed values:	(boolean)
Default value:	true

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Details

If true, some error messages will be colorized when running scripts on the command line; this can aid picking important things out when debugging. Ignored when running on Windows or when output is redirected to a file.