diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index fb415e706..c6d6930d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ name: 'push'
 
 on: [ push, pull_request ]
 
+env:
+  PY_COLORS: 1
+  # https://github.com/tartley/colorama/issues/214
+  PYCHARM_HOSTED: true
+
 jobs:
 
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bf18fbe67..949e1055c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ skip_missing_interpreters = True
 
 [testenv]
 recreate=True
-passenv=ALDEC_LICENSE_FILE
+passenv=ALDEC_LICENSE_FILE PYCHARM_HOSTED
 
 deps=
     fmt: black
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ setenv=
 
 commands=
     fmt:         {envpython} -m black ./ --exclude 'vunit\/vhdl\/JSON-for-VHDL|\.eggs|\.git|\.hg|\.mypy_cache|\.nox|\.tox|\.venv|_build|buck-out|build|dist' {posargs}
-    unit:        {envpython} -m pytest -v tests/unit
-    lint:        {envpython} -m pytest -v tests/lint
+    unit:        {envpython} -m pytest --color=yes -v tests/unit
+    lint:        {envpython} -m pytest --color=yes -v tests/lint
     docs:        {envpython} tools/build_docs.py {envtmpdir}/docsbuild
-    acceptance:  {envpython} -m pytest -v tests/acceptance
+    acceptance:  {envpython} -m pytest --color=yes -v tests/acceptance
     vcomponents: {envpython} vunit/vhdl/verification_components/run.py --clean