diff --git a/docs/deprecations.md b/docs/deprecations.md
index b8047684..0489e1ff 100644
--- a/docs/deprecations.md
+++ b/docs/deprecations.md
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ be changed so that hidden tests are included in a run only if they
 positively match a testspec.
 
 
+### Console Colour API
+
+The API for Catch2's console colour will be changed to take an extra
+argument, the stream to which the colour code should be applied.
+
 ---
 
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diff --git a/include/internal/catch_console_colour.cpp b/include/internal/catch_console_colour.cpp
index 5fb1d07f..863e0d67 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_console_colour.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_console_colour.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ namespace {
 
     private:
         void setColour( const char* _escapeCode ) {
-            Catch::cout() << '\033' << _escapeCode;
+            getCurrentContext().getConfig().stream()
+                << '\033' << _escapeCode;
         }
     };