Use the following appender to show different colors. You can also customize the color per level.
log4perl.appender.SCREEN = Log::Log4perl::Appender::ScreenColoredLevels log4perl.appender.SCREEN.color.INFO = white log4perl.appender.SCREEN.color.FATAL= bold underline blink red on_white
attributes
BOLD, DARK, UNDERLINE, UNDERSCORE, BLINK
colors
BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE
background colors
ON_BLACK, ON_RED, ON_GREEN, ON_YELLOW, ON_BLUE, ON_MAGENTA, ON_CYAN, ON_WHITE