```console
$ https_proxy=255.255.255.255 googler 'not connected' > /tmp/blah
[ERROR] Failed to connect to proxy server 255.255.255.255: Remote end closed connection without response.
```
No idea why that's in any way "unintelligle [sic]", and why color/ANSI escape sequence has anything to do with it. I'll say it one last time: ANSI escape sequences are not emitted in any error message.