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    Since rm outputs its messages to stderr, the answers to Can I configure my shell to print STDERR and STDOUT in different colors? may help. Commented Apr 17, 2019 at 16:20
  • The reason that it gets coloured, is because sed outputs the colour codes. Then rm runs. However sed is not receiving the stream. Try echo >(ls) to see some of what is happening. Commented Apr 17, 2019 at 16:24