diff --git a/misc/scripts/black_format.sh b/misc/scripts/black_format.sh
index f93e8cbc2a..2ad9a23832 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/black_format.sh
+++ b/misc/scripts/black_format.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PY_FILES=$(find \( -path "./.git" \
                 \) -print)
 black -l 120 $PY_FILES
 
-git diff > patch.patch
+git diff --color > patch.patch
 
 # If no patch has been generated all is OK, clean up, and exit.
 if [ ! -s patch.patch ] ; then
diff --git a/misc/scripts/clang_format.sh b/misc/scripts/clang_format.sh
index 63c66d41c3..bcd63aa73b 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/clang_format.sh
+++ b/misc/scripts/clang_format.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ while IFS= read -rd '' f; do
     done
 done
 
-git diff > patch.patch
+git diff --color > patch.patch
 
 # If no patch has been generated all is OK, clean up, and exit.
 if [ ! -s patch.patch ] ; then
diff --git a/misc/scripts/file_format.sh b/misc/scripts/file_format.sh
index 5f4d69a285..be84daa7f4 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/file_format.sh
+++ b/misc/scripts/file_format.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ while IFS= read -rd '' f; do
     perl -i -pe 's/\x20== true//g' "$f"
 done
 
-git diff > patch.patch
+git diff --color > patch.patch
 
 # If no patch has been generated all is OK, clean up, and exit.
 if [ ! -s patch.patch ] ; then