I think most aliases actually do check for GNU tools before using --color.
Those that do not should get such a test in the future.
== ALIASES ==
//grmlzshrc// comes with a wide array of predefined aliases to ease the user's
-life.
+life. A few aliases (like those involving //grep// or //ls//) use the option
+//--color=auto// for colourizing output. That option is part of **GNU**
+implementations of these tools, and will only be used if such an implementation
+is detected.
: **cmplayer** (//mplayer -vo fbdev//)
Video player with framebuffer as video output device, so you can watch