How do I output coloured text from by unit tests in the Unit Test Session window in Visual Studio?

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How do I output coloured text from by unit tests in the Unit Test Session window in Visual Studio. I am using Resharper VS addin which I think produces the Unit Test Window.

I am using this with nunit and wish to use c# Console.Write to generate coloured text to this window.

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