diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20221108-133104.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20221108-133104.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4aea5ee8cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20221108-133104.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: Convert use color tests to pytest
+time: 2022-11-08T13:31:04.788547-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: stu-k
+  Issue: "5771"
+  PR: "6230"
diff --git a/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/models/do_nothing_then_fail.sql b/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/models/do_nothing_then_fail.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 30f1a53ec18..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/models/do_nothing_then_fail.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-select 1,
diff --git a/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/test_no_use_colors.py b/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/test_no_use_colors.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a923c8d855e..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/test_no_use_colors.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-
-from test.integration.base import DBTIntegrationTest, use_profile
-import logging
-import re
-import sys
-
-class TestNoUseColors(DBTIntegrationTest):
-
-    @property
-    def project_config(self):
-        return {'config-version': 2}
-
-    @property
-    def schema(self):
-        return "use_colors_tests_061"
-
-    @property
-    def models(self):
-        return "models"
-
-    @use_profile('postgres')
-    def test_postgres_no_use_colors(self):
-        # pattern to match formatted log output
-        pattern = re.compile(r'\[31m.*|\[33m.*')
-
-        results, stdout = self.run_dbt_and_capture(args=['--no-use-colors', 'run'], expect_pass=False)
-
-        stdout_contains_formatting_characters = bool(pattern.search(stdout))
-        self.assertFalse(stdout_contains_formatting_characters)
diff --git a/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/test_use_colors.py b/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/test_use_colors.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b3dac6a1f1..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/061_use_colors_tests/test_use_colors.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-
-from test.integration.base import DBTIntegrationTest, use_profile
-import logging
-import re
-import sys
-
-class TestUseColors(DBTIntegrationTest):
-
-    @property
-    def project_config(self):
-        return {'config-version': 2}
-
-    @property
-    def schema(self):
-        return "use_colors_tests_061"
-
-    @property
-    def models(self):
-        return "models"
-
-    @use_profile('postgres')
-    def test_postgres_use_colors(self):
-        # pattern to match formatted log output
-        pattern = re.compile(r'\[31m.*|\[33m.*')
-
-        results, stdout = self.run_dbt_and_capture(args=['--use-colors', 'run'], expect_pass=False)
-
-        stdout_contains_formatting_characters = bool(pattern.search(stdout))
-        self.assertTrue(stdout_contains_formatting_characters)
diff --git a/tests/functional/colors/test_colors.py b/tests/functional/colors/test_colors.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e92e039506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/colors/test_colors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import pytest
+import re
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt_and_capture
+
+
+models__do_nothing_then_fail_sql = """
+select 1,
+
+"""
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def models():
+    return {"do_nothing_then_fail.sql": models__do_nothing_then_fail_sql}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def project_config_update():
+    return {'config-version': 2}
+
+
+class TestColors:
+    def test_use_colors(self, project):
+        self.assert_colors_used(
+            "--use-colors",
+            expect_colors=True,
+        )
+
+    def test_no_use_colors(self, project):
+        self.assert_colors_used(
+            "--no-use-colors",
+            expect_colors=False,
+        )
+
+    def assert_colors_used(self, flag, expect_colors):
+        _, stdout = run_dbt_and_capture(args=[flag, "run"], expect_pass=False)
+        # pattern to match formatted log output
+        pattern = re.compile(r"\[31m.*|\[33m.*")
+        stdout_contains_formatting_characters = bool(pattern.search(stdout))
+        if expect_colors:
+            assert stdout_contains_formatting_characters
+        else:
+            assert not stdout_contains_formatting_characters