diff --git a/platform/testRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/CompositePrintable.java b/platform/testRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/CompositePrintable.java
index 2919fa9ff6c9..201d44540232 100644
--- a/platform/testRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/CompositePrintable.java
+++ b/platform/testRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/CompositePrintable.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.intellij.execution.testframework;
 
 import com.intellij.execution.filters.HyperlinkInfo;
+import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessOutputTypes;
 import com.intellij.execution.testframework.stacktrace.DiffHyperlink;
 import com.intellij.execution.testframework.ui.TestsOutputConsolePrinter;
 import com.intellij.execution.ui.ConsoleViewContentType;
@@ -350,9 +351,7 @@ public class CompositePrintable extends UserDataHolderBase implements Printable,
               else {
                 ConsoleViewContentType contentType = contentTypeByNameMap.getOrDefault(firstToken, ConsoleViewContentType.NORMAL_OUTPUT);
                 String text = IOUtil.readString(reader);
-                if (text != null) {
-                  printer.print(text, contentType);
-                }
+                printText(printer, text, contentType);
               }
               lineNum++;
             }
@@ -374,6 +373,18 @@ public class CompositePrintable extends UserDataHolderBase implements Printable,
       }
     }
 
+    private void printText(Printer printer, String text, ConsoleViewContentType contentType) {
+      if (ConsoleViewContentType.NORMAL_OUTPUT.equals(contentType)) {
+        printer.printWithAnsiColoring(text, ProcessOutputTypes.STDOUT);
+      }
+      else if (ConsoleViewContentType.ERROR_OUTPUT.equals(contentType)) {
+        printer.printWithAnsiColoring(text, ProcessOutputTypes.STDERR);
+      }
+      else {
+        printer.print(text, contentType);
+      }
+    }
+
     private boolean wasPrintableChanged(Printer printer) {
       return printer instanceof TestsOutputConsolePrinter && !((TestsOutputConsolePrinter)printer).isCurrent(CompositePrintable.this);
     }