From bf646536929caf9a8dd7f6334196625b90a4e977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Savannah Ostrowski <savannah@python.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 14:42:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Remove color from HelpFormatter

---
 Lib/argparse.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 55ecdadd8c9398..41467707d393c0 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ def __init__(
         indent_increment=2,
         max_help_position=24,
         width=None,
-        color=True,
     ):
         # default setting for width
         if width is None:
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ def __init__(
             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,

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 23:24:27 +0000
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---
 .../next/Library/2025-12-04-23-24-24.gh-issue-139862.NBfsD4.rst  | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-04-23-24-24.gh-issue-139862.NBfsD4.rst

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 00000000000000..190c57921c0883
--- /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:`ArgumentParser`.

From e99409e820410fe15d11520bbbde328e0b1e3fb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Savannah Ostrowski <savannahostrowski@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 07:48:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update
 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-04-23-24-24.gh-issue-139862.NBfsD4.rst

Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../next/Library/2025-12-04-23-24-24.gh-issue-139862.NBfsD4.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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
index 190c57921c0883..2bee8881a75749 100644
--- 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
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove ``color`` parameter from :class:`argparse.HelpFormatter` constructor. Color is controlled by :class:`ArgumentParser`.
+Remove ``color`` parameter from :class:`!argparse.HelpFormatter` constructor. Color is controlled by :class:`~argparse.ArgumentParser`.