diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 98e32512f7a..f92d7594aeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+env:
+  PY_COLORS: "1"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1c1d2bb2c1f..b867a8169f7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ commands =
     doctesting: {env:_PYTEST_TOX_COVERAGE_RUN:} pytest --doctest-modules --pyargs _pytest
     coverage: coverage combine
     coverage: coverage report -m
-passenv = USER USERNAME COVERAGE_* PYTEST_ADDOPTS TERM
+passenv = USER USERNAME COVERAGE_* PYTEST_ADDOPTS TERM PY_COLORS
 setenv =
     _PYTEST_TOX_DEFAULT_POSARGS={env:_PYTEST_TOX_POSARGS_DOCTESTING:} {env:_PYTEST_TOX_POSARGS_LSOF:} {env:_PYTEST_TOX_POSARGS_XDIST:}