diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b69011027a..5c759f042e 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ steps:
     - pip install -r ./requirements/examples.txt --user -q --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed
     - pip list
     - python -c "import torch ; print(' & '.join([torch.cuda.get_device_name(i) for i in range(torch.cuda.device_count())]) if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'only CPU')"
-    - coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m py.test pytorch_lightning tests -v --durations=25 # --flake8
-    - python -m py.test benchmarks pl_examples -v --maxfail=2 --durations=0 # --flake8
+    - coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest pytorch_lightning tests -v --color=yes --durations=25 # --flake8
+    - python -m py.test benchmarks pl_examples -v --color=yes --maxfail=2 --durations=0 # --flake8
     #- cd docs; make doctest; make coverage
     - coverage report
     # see: https://docs.codecov.io/docs/merging-reports
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ca521d9b57..bed729e02b 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ This is useful if you do not test against all required dependency versions.
 **Docker:** Another option is utilize the [pytorch lightning cuda base docker image](https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/pytorchlightning/pytorch_lightning/tags?page=1&name=cuda). You can then run:
 
 ```bash
-python -m pytest pytorch_lightning tests pl_examples -v --flake8
+python -m pytest pytorch_lightning tests pl_examples -v --color=yes --flake8
 ```
 
 ### Pull Request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
index 041bbb6268..9b490dec76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test Package [only]
       run: |
         # NOTE: run coverage on tests does not propagare faler status for Win, https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1003
-        coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest pytorch_lightning -v --junitxml=junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
+        coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest pytorch_lightning -v --color=yes --junitxml=junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
 
     - name: Upload pytest test results
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
index a718269058..3289f5cbec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Tests
       run: |
         # NOTE: run coverage on tests does not propagare faler status for Win, https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1003
-        python -m pytest pytorch_lightning tests -v --durations=0 --junitxml=junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
+        python -m pytest pytorch_lightning tests -v --color=yes --durations=0 --junitxml=junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
         # coverage report
       shell: bash -l {0}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
index e7c7ad486b..d74a923693 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Tests
       run: |
         # NOTE: do not include coverage report here, see: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1003
-        coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest pytorch_lightning tests pl_examples -v --durations=0 --junitxml=junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
+        coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest pytorch_lightning tests pl_examples -v --color=yes --durations=0 --junitxml=junit/test-results-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}.xml
 
     - name: Upload pytest test results
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
diff --git a/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet b/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet
index 9294727f42..99bcb024d9 100644
--- a/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet
+++ b/dockers/tpu-tests/tpu_test_cases.jsonnet
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ local tputests = base.BaseTest {
   command: utils.scriptCommand(
     |||
       cd pytorch-lightning
-      coverage run --source=pytorch_lightning -m pytest tests/models/test_tpu.py -v
+      coverage run --source=pytorch_lightning -m pytest tests/models/test_tpu.py -v --color=yes
       test_exit_code=$?
       echo "\n||| END PYTEST LOGS |||\n"
       coverage xml