diff --git a/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl b/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl
index 0684ce3..d2bdd1f 100644
--- a/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl
+++ b/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ function runtests(ARGS; testfilter = Returns(true), RecordType = TestRecord,
                 printstyled(name, color = :white)
                 printstyled(
                     lpad("($wrkr)", name_align - textwidth(name) + 1, " "), " |",
-                    " "^elapsed_align, "started at $(now())\n", color = :white
+                    " "^elapsed_align, "started at $(now())\n", color = :light_black
                 )
             finally
                 unlock(print_lock)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index ea9ba3f..a4f4de5 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ using Test, IOCapture
     println()
     println("Showing the output of one test run:")
     println("-"^80)
-    c = IOCapture.capture(passthrough=true) do
+    c = IOCapture.capture(passthrough=true, color=true) do
         runtests(["--verbose"])
     end
     println("-"^80)
     println()
-    @test contains(c.output, r"basic .+ started at")
+    @test contains(c.output, r"basic.*started at")
     @test contains(c.output, "SUCCESS")
 end