Question: Is there a way to display colors (like in a terminal) in the Debug Console of Visual Studio Code (Version 1.10.2) when debugging node.js code?

Answer: 
To output coloured messages from nodejs in visual studio you can use formatted message in console.log method. for example : 

```
console.log('\u001b[' + 32 + 'm' + 'hello stack' + '\u001b[0m')

```

as implemented in [Mocha](https://github.com/mochajs/). 32 is a color code. Other color codes and usage sample you can find in theirs repo: <https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/blob/9e95d36e4b715380cef573014dec852bded3f8e1/lib/reporters/base.js#L48>

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3LrRB.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3LrRB.png)

Or as a log library you can use, for example [pinojs](https://github.com/pinojs/pino) + [pino-pretty](https://github.com/pinojs/pino-pretty) module and your log output will be displayed as here : 

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/49Afn.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/49Afn.jpg)
Click on Settings Icon on bottom left of Visual Studio

[![Settings Visual Studio](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DfNNo.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DfNNo.png)

Click on Settings

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8nESn.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8nESn.png)

Search for `workbench` and under that, click on the sub-heading `appearance`.
Then click on `Edit in settings json`

[![Search workbench](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tJj92.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tJj92.png)

Scroll down, and add the following code in the end:

```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {

        "debugConsole.infoForeground": "#00ff66"
    }

```

Change the color code as per your choice.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sE9ay.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sE9ay.png)

Boom! Every "info" logs are in green color now!

If you want to change for error, warn, etc logs, just add the following under `"workbench.colorCustomizations": { ... }`

Refer this answer for what to add : <https://stackoverflow.com/a/61525127/9420335>