diff --git a/rpcsx-os/iodev/stderr.cpp b/rpcsx-os/iodev/stderr.cpp
index b0d986a37..808d62f88 100644
--- a/rpcsx-os/iodev/stderr.cpp
+++ b/rpcsx-os/iodev/stderr.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ struct StderrDevice : public IoDevice {
 static std::int64_t stderr_instance_write(IoDeviceInstance *instance,
                                           const void *data,
                                           std::uint64_t size) {
-  auto result = fwrite(data, 1, size, stderr);
-  fflush(stderr);
+  if (size)
+    std::fprintf(stderr, "\e[0;35m");
+  auto result = std::fwrite(data, 1, size, stderr);
+  if (size)
+    std::fprintf(stderr, "\e[0m");
+  std::fflush(stderr);
 
   return result;
 }