diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ Jake VanderPlas
 Jakob van Santen
 Jakub Mitoraj
 James Bourbeau
+James Hutchins
 James Frost
 Jan Balster
 Janne Vanhala
diff --git a/changelog/11666.improvement.rst b/changelog/11666.improvement.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Improved the terminal writer to be able to use pygments Terminal256Formatter and TerminalTrueColorFormatter.
+
+These can be set by the user with the environmental variable PYTEST_THEME.
+
+There is also a default format set with both a light and dark mode which can be changed with the environmental variable PYTEST_THEME_MODE.
+
+If no environmental variables are set it defaults to dark mode.