diff --git a/etc/ci.sh b/etc/ci.sh
index 39f8b78b54..f16a361cae 100644
--- a/etc/ci.sh
+++ b/etc/ci.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ do
   # restore current directory before each test suite
   cd "$BUILDDIR"
 
+  echo "Running test suite $TEST_SUITE"
   case $TEST_SUITE in
   testspecial | test-compile)
     cd $SRCDIR/tst/$TEST_SUITE
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ GAPInput
             Print("-----------------------------------------------------\n");
             Print("Loading $pkg ... \n");
             if LoadPackage("$pkg",false) = true then
-              Print("PASS: $pkg\n\n");
+              Print(TextAttr.2, "PASS: $pkg\n\n", TextAttr.reset);
             else
-              Print("FAIL: $pkg\n\n");
+              Print(TextAttr.1, "FAIL: $pkg\n\n", TextAttr.reset);
               AppendTo("fail.log", "Loading failed : ", "$pkg", "\n");
             fi;
 GAPInput
diff --git a/lib/test.gi b/lib/test.gi
index e18c0d9491..c02a9de296 100644
--- a/lib/test.gi
+++ b/lib/test.gi
@@ -499,6 +499,44 @@ end);
 ##  </ManSection>
 ##  <#/GAPDoc>
 ##  
+DeclareGlobalName("TextAttr"); # from GAPDoc
+DeclareGlobalName("DefaultReportDiffColors"); # initialized in Test() or by the user
+BindGlobal("DefaultReportDiff", function(inp, expout, found, fnam, line, time)
+  if UserPreference("UseColorsInTerminal") = true then
+    Print(DefaultReportDiffColors.message);
+    Print("########> Diff in ");
+    if IsStream(fnam) then
+      Print("test stream, line ",line,":");
+    else
+      Print(fnam,":",line);
+    fi;
+    Print(TextAttr.reset, "\n", DefaultReportDiffColors.message);
+    Print("# Input is:", TextAttr.reset, "\n");
+    Print(DefaultReportDiffColors.input);
+    Print(inp);
+    Print(TextAttr.reset, TextAttr.delline, DefaultReportDiffColors.message);
+    Print("# Expected output:", TextAttr.reset, "\n");
+    Print(DefaultReportDiffColors.expected);
+    Print(expout);
+    Print(TextAttr.reset, TextAttr.delline, DefaultReportDiffColors.message);
+    Print("# But found:", TextAttr.reset, "\n");
+    Print(DefaultReportDiffColors.actual);
+    Print(found);
+    Print(TextAttr.reset, TextAttr.delline, DefaultReportDiffColors.message);
+    Print("########", TextAttr.reset, "\n");
+  else
+    Print("########> Diff in ");
+    if IsStream(fnam) then
+      Print("test stream, line ",line,":\n");
+    else
+      Print(fnam,":",line,"\n");
+    fi;
+    Print("# Input is:\n", inp);
+    Print("# Expected output:\n", expout);
+    Print("# But found:\n", found);
+    Print("########\n");  fi;
+end);
+
 InstallGlobalFunction("Test", function(arg)
   local fnam, nopts, opts, size, full, pf, failures, lines, ign, new,
         cT, ok, oldtimes, thr, delta, len, c, i, j, d, localdef, line;
@@ -510,6 +548,14 @@ InstallGlobalFunction("Test", function(arg)
   else 
     nopts := rec();
   fi;
+  if not IsBound(DefaultReportDiffColors) then
+    BindGlobal("DefaultReportDiffColors", rec(
+        message := TextAttr.4,  # blue text
+        input := "",
+        expected := Concatenation(TextAttr.0, TextAttr.b2), # black text on green background
+        actual := Concatenation(TextAttr.7, TextAttr.b1),   # white text on red background
+        ));
+  fi;
   opts := rec(
            ignoreComments := true,
            isStream := IsStream(fnam),
@@ -538,18 +584,7 @@ InstallGlobalFunction("Test", function(arg)
            end,
            rewriteToFile := false,
            breakOnError := false,
-           reportDiff := function(inp, expout, found, fnam, line, time)
-             Print("########> Diff in ");
-             if IsStream(fnam) then
-               Print("test stream, line ",line,":\n");
-             else
-               Print(fnam,":",line,"\n");
-             fi;
-             Print("# Input is:\n", inp);
-             Print("# Expected output:\n", expout);
-             Print("# But found:\n", found);
-             Print("########\n");
-           end,
+           reportDiff := DefaultReportDiff,
            subsWindowsLineBreaks := true,
            returnNumFailures := false,
            localdef := false,
diff --git a/tst/testmanuals.g b/tst/testmanuals.g
index 98ee399895..ea6e4c0fe5 100644
--- a/tst/testmanuals.g
+++ b/tst/testmanuals.g
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
 ExamplesReportDiff := function(inp, expout, found, fnam, line, time)
     local tstf, i, loc, res;
 
-    Print("########> Diff in ");
-    if IsStream(fnam) then
-        Print("test stream, line ",line,"\n");
-    else
+    if IsString(fnam) then
         tstf := SplitString(StringFile(fnam), "\n");
         i := line;
         # Look for location marker
@@ -30,17 +27,11 @@ ExamplesReportDiff := function(inp, expout, found, fnam, line, time)
             loc := InputTextString(Concatenation(tstf[i]{[6..Length(tstf[i])]}, ";"));
             res := READ_COMMAND_REAL(loc, false);
             if res[1] = true then
-                Print(res[2][1],":",res[2][2]);
+                fnam := Concatenation(fnam,res[2][1],":",res[2][2]);
             fi;
-            Print(" (", fnam,":",line,")\n");
-        else # did not find a location marker
-            Print(fnam,":",line,"\n");
         fi;
     fi;
-    Print("# Input is:\n", inp);
-    Print("# Expected output:\n", expout);
-    Print("# But found:\n", found);
-    Print("########\n");
+    DefaultReportDiff(inp, expout, found, fnam, line, time);
 end;
 
 TestManualChapter := function(filename)