From: Savannah Ostrowski <savannah@python.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 16:21:31 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: GH-139862: Remove `color` from HelpFormatter (#142274)
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GH-139862: Remove `color` from HelpFormatter (#142274)

Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 55ecdadd8c93..41467707d393 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ class HelpFormatter(object):
         indent_increment=2,
         max_help_position=24,
         width=None,
-        color=True,
     ):
         # default setting for width
         if width is None:
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ class HelpFormatter(object):
             width = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns
             width -= 2
 
-        self._set_color(color)
         self._prog = prog
         self._indent_increment = indent_increment
         self._max_help_position = min(max_help_position,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-04-23-24-24.gh-issue-139862.NBfsD4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-04-23-24-24.gh-issue-139862.NBfsD4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2bee8881a757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-04-23-24-24.gh-issue-139862.NBfsD4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove ``color`` parameter from :class:`!argparse.HelpFormatter` constructor. Color is controlled by :class:`~argparse.ArgumentParser`.