TAP::Formatter::Color(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide TAP::Formatter::Color(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

TAP::Formatter::Color - Run Perl test scripts with color

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

Version 3.52

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Note that this harness is *experimental*. You may not like the colors I've chosen and I haven't yet provided an easy way to override them.

This test harness is the same as TAP::Harness, but test results are output in color. Passing tests are printed in green. Failing tests are in red. Skipped tests are blue on a white background and TODO tests are printed in white.

If Term::ANSIColor cannot be found (and Win32::Console::ANSI if running under Windows) tests will be run without color.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
 use TAP::Formatter::Color;
 my $harness = TAP::Formatter::Color->new( \%args );
 $harness->runtests(@tests);
```

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

## [Class Methods](#Class_Methods)

*"new"*

The constructor returns a new "TAP::Formatter::Color" object. If Term::ANSIColor is not installed, returns undef.

*"can\_color"*

```
  Test::Formatter::Color->can_color()
```

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not this module can actually generate colored output. This will be false if it could not load the modules needed for the current platform.

*"set\_color"*

Set the output color.

2026-10-26 perl v5.44.0

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