Unreadable console output on PowerShell #19057

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opened 2026-01-31 06:32:35 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Manish-Giri on GitHub (Dec 13, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

1.15.2874.0

Windows build number

10.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Just running Angular unit tests with npm run test, certain parts of the console output are always unreadable because the text is in a gray color against a dark background, while all the remaining text is readable. Screenshot below -

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Here is the color scheme currently applied for PowerShell -

       {
            "background": "#0F1419",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#36A3D9",
            "brightBlack": "#323232",
            "brightBlue": "#68D5FF",
            "brightCyan": "#C7FFFD",
            "brightGreen": "#EAFE84",
            "brightPurple": "#FFA3AA",
            "brightRed": "#FF6565",
            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow": "#FFF779",
            "cursorColor": "#F29718",
            "cyan": "#95E6CB",
            "foreground": "#E6E1CF",
            "green": "#B8CC52",
            "name": "ayu",
            "purple": "#F07178",
            "red": "#FF3333",
            "selectionBackground": "#253340",
            "white": "#FFFFFF",
            "yellow": "#E7C547"
        }

What property can I change so that the unreadable text color can be changed? And it's not specific to just this particular color scheme, I've tried several, and the text is the same gray color across all color schemes.

Expected Behavior

All text should be readable.

Actual Behavior

Certain parts of text are not readable.

Originally created by @Manish-Giri on GitHub (Dec 13, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.15.2874.0 ### Windows build number 10.0 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce Just running Angular unit tests with `npm run test`, certain parts of the console output are always unreadable because the text is in a gray color against a dark background, while all the remaining text is readable. Screenshot below - ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11348778/207228350-629e2aaa-776c-4285-a285-93a12246d75a.png) Here is the color scheme currently applied for PowerShell - ``` { "background": "#0F1419", "black": "#000000", "blue": "#36A3D9", "brightBlack": "#323232", "brightBlue": "#68D5FF", "brightCyan": "#C7FFFD", "brightGreen": "#EAFE84", "brightPurple": "#FFA3AA", "brightRed": "#FF6565", "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF", "brightYellow": "#FFF779", "cursorColor": "#F29718", "cyan": "#95E6CB", "foreground": "#E6E1CF", "green": "#B8CC52", "name": "ayu", "purple": "#F07178", "red": "#FF3333", "selectionBackground": "#253340", "white": "#FFFFFF", "yellow": "#E7C547" } ``` What property can I change so that the unreadable text color can be changed? And it's not specific to just this particular color scheme, I've tried several, and the text is the same gray color across all color schemes. ### Expected Behavior All text should be readable. ### Actual Behavior Certain parts of text are not readable.
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Reference: starred/terminal#19057