---
name: "TAP::Formatter::Color"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/TAP::Formatter::Color"
---

# TAP::Formatter::Color(3p)

Run Perl test scripts with color

## NAME

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

## VERSION

Version 3.50

## 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

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

## 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.