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diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 838d79fcb..fecc27403 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from .utils import (
join_nonempty,
orderedSet_from_options,
remove_end,
+ variadic,
write_string,
)
from .version import CHANNEL, __version__
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ def create_parser():
if multiple_args:
val = [val, *value[1:]]
elif default_key is not None:
- keys, val = [default_key], value
+ keys, val = variadic(default_key), value
else:
raise optparse.OptionValueError(
f'wrong {opt_str} formatting; it should be {option.metavar}, not "{value}"')
@@ -440,8 +441,25 @@ def create_parser():
help='Do not mark videos watched (default)')
general.add_option(
'--no-colors', '--no-colours',
- action='store_true', dest='no_color', default=False,
- help='Do not emit color codes in output (Alias: --no-colours)')
+ action='store_const', dest='color', const={
+ 'stdout': 'no_color',
+ 'stderr': 'no_color',
+ },
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+ general.add_option(
+ '--color',
+ dest='color', metavar='[STREAM:]POLICY', default={}, type='str',
+ action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
+ callback_kwargs={
+ 'allowed_keys': 'stdout|stderr',
+ 'default_key': ['stdout', 'stderr'],
+ 'process': str.strip,
+ }, help=(
+ 'Whether to emit color codes in output, optionally prefixed by '
+ 'the STREAM (stdout or stderr) to apply the setting to. '
+ 'Can be one of "always", "auto" (default), "never", or '
+ '"no_color" (use non color terminal sequences). '
+ 'Can be used multiple times'))
general.add_option(
'--compat-options',
metavar='OPTS', dest='compat_opts', default=set(), type='str',