++hdb. For something different, I would use Win32::Console::ANSI and Term::ANSIColor::Print. 
#!/usr/bin/perl 

BEGIN {
    $|  = 1;
    $^W = 1;
    eval {
        require Readonly;
    };

}

use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::Console::ANSI;
use Term::ANSIColor::Print;

my $print = Term::ANSIColor::Print->new();

$print->bold_blue( "This text is bold blue." );

$print->normal( "This text is normal" );

$print->bold_yellow_on_magenta( 
    "This text is bold yellow on magenta", 
);

$print->normal( "This text is normal." );

print "To print a specific word such as ERROR in red: ";
$print->red("ERROR");

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I don't have access to a Windows machine, so it isn't tested. Please let me know if it works for you.

In reply to Re^6: How to print colored word in text file by Khen1950fx
in thread How to print colored word in text file by vkp

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