Since you do not specify which displaying application shall show colors I can give you advice how to achieve it within the eclipse console display:
Configure two separate appenders. One for the levels WARN and higher and one for the levels INFO and lower. Assign them to the std.err and std.out. Here a config example: <appender name="CONSOLE.ERR" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> <param name="target" value="System.err"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} (%6r) %-5p [%-7t] %F:%L %x - %m%n"/> </layout> <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LevelRangeFilter"> <param name="LevelMin" value="warn"/> <param name="LevelMax" value="fatal"/> <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="false"/> </filter> </appender> <appender name="CONSOLE.OUT" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> <param name="target" value="System.out"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} (%6r) %-5p [%-7t] %F:%L %x - %m%n"/> </layout> <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LevelRangeFilter"> <param name="LevelMin" value="debug"/> <param name="LevelMax" value="info"/> <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="false"/> </filter> </appender> Eclipse console will display WARN and higher in red, INFO and lower in black color. Heri > -----Original Message----- > From: youhaodeyi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:50 AM > To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org > Subject: How can I set the output color of log4j? > > > > I want to set different colors for different priority log. > How can I do that? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/How-can-I-set-the-output-color-of-log4j- > -tp16065799p16065799.html > Sent from the Log4j - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]