I started using cygwin and multitail to achieve colored logs. It takes a bit more doing because you have to regex to get the coloring you want, but you get exactly what you want.
This is the multitail ue4 colorscheme I have so far: (drop this in /etc/multitail.conf)
colorscheme:ue4
# Pickout Specials Words etc.
cs_re:87:LogAbilitySystem
cs_re:99:Task
cs_re:99:Ability
cs_re:9:Fatal
cs_re:9:Error
cs_re:3:Warning
cs_re:11:Display
cs_re:82:Verbose
cs_re:81:VeryVerbose
# General Color Formatting
cs_re:2:^\[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*:[0-9]*]
cs_re_s:3:^\[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*:[0-9]*](\...*\])
cs_re_s:4:^\[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*:[0-9]*]\...*\](^ ]*)
cs_re_s:6:^\[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*:[0-9]*]\...*\]^ ]*(.*)
Also, check out this link for setting up a nice shell (no affiliation with this person, just found it and sharing)
https://www.trueneutral.eu/2014/win-proper-term.html
Output of command:
multitail.exe -cS ue4 <your logfile>.log
Bonus Links:
- 256 (Xterm) colors : 256 Colors - Cheat Sheet - Xterm, HEX, RGB, HSL
- Regex Tester: regex101: build, test, and debug regex