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: 
I guess so far the best way is to put your debug output into alternate destinations:

In Launch Configuration Attributes the `console` setting can be set to one of the following: `internalConsole` (default, the builtin Debug Console) `externalTerminal` (external cmd window) or `integratedTerminal` (the VS Code terminal).

The external terminal command line can further be specified in the VS Code Settings under one of the following: `terminal.external.windowsExec`, `terminal.external.osxExec`, and `terminal.external.linuxExec` from the default that is your default os terminal.

Source: VS Code docs, for example for node.js: <https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/nodejs/nodejs-debugging#_launch-configuration-attributes>
Adding the `--colors` argument worked for me. (I'm using jest).

```
{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [{
    "type": "node",
    "name": "vscode-jest-tests",
    "request": "launch",
    "args": ["--colors"],
    "runtimeArgs": [
      "--inspect-brk",
      "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/jest",
      "--runInBand"
    ],
    "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
    "console": "integratedTerminal",
    "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
    "port": 9229
  }]
}

```