diff --git a/methods.py b/methods.py
index 86239e434c6..fbd304ddde1 100644
--- a/methods.py
+++ b/methods.py
@@ -454,45 +454,39 @@ def no_verbose(sys, env):
     # Colors are disabled in non-TTY environments such as pipes. This means
     # that if output is redirected to a file, it will not contain color codes
     if sys.stdout.isatty():
-        colors["cyan"] = "\033[96m"
-        colors["purple"] = "\033[95m"
-        colors["blue"] = "\033[94m"
-        colors["green"] = "\033[92m"
-        colors["yellow"] = "\033[93m"
-        colors["red"] = "\033[91m"
-        colors["end"] = "\033[0m"
+        colors["blue"] = "\033[0;94m"
+        colors["bold_blue"] = "\033[1;94m"
+        colors["reset"] = "\033[0m"
     else:
-        colors["cyan"] = ""
-        colors["purple"] = ""
         colors["blue"] = ""
-        colors["green"] = ""
-        colors["yellow"] = ""
-        colors["red"] = ""
-        colors["end"] = ""
+        colors["bold_blue"] = ""
+        colors["reset"] = ""
 
-    compile_source_message = "{}Compiling {}==> {}$SOURCE{}".format(
-        colors["blue"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    # There is a space before "..." to ensure that source file names can be
+    # Ctrl + clicked in the VS Code terminal.
+    compile_source_message = "{}Compiling {}$SOURCE{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
-    java_compile_source_message = "{}Compiling {}==> {}$SOURCE{}".format(
-        colors["blue"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    java_compile_source_message = "{}Compiling {}$SOURCE{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
-    compile_shared_source_message = "{}Compiling shared {}==> {}$SOURCE{}".format(
-        colors["blue"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    compile_shared_source_message = "{}Compiling shared {}$SOURCE{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
-    link_program_message = "{}Linking Program        {}==> {}$TARGET{}".format(
-        colors["red"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    link_program_message = "{}Linking Program {}$TARGET{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
-    link_library_message = "{}Linking Static Library {}==> {}$TARGET{}".format(
-        colors["red"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    link_library_message = "{}Linking Static Library {}$TARGET{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
-    ranlib_library_message = "{}Ranlib Library         {}==> {}$TARGET{}".format(
-        colors["red"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    ranlib_library_message = "{}Ranlib Library {}$TARGET{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
-    link_shared_library_message = "{}Linking Shared Library {}==> {}$TARGET{}".format(
-        colors["red"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    link_shared_library_message = "{}Linking Shared Library {}$TARGET{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
-    java_library_message = "{}Creating Java Archive  {}==> {}$TARGET{}".format(
-        colors["red"], colors["purple"], colors["yellow"], colors["end"]
+    java_library_message = "{}Creating Java Archive {}$TARGET{} ...{}".format(
+        colors["blue"], colors["bold_blue"], colors["blue"], colors["reset"]
     )
 
     env.Append(CXXCOMSTR=[compile_source_message])