diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index ef9bad0..3f0e5f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1eaf832..dee21ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 10.0.0
+
+- Support for Python 3.14
+- color support for `--help` and error messages (requires Python >= 3.14)
+- Improvement of `Field` display
+- a bit of heavy-handed disabling of Pydantic warnings.
+
 ## Version 7.0.0
 
 - Drop support for python > 3.10
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77c0d65..15226e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pip install pydantic-cli
 1. Clear interface between the CLI and your application code
 1. Leverage the static analyzing tool [**mypy**](http://mypy.readthedocs.io) to catch type errors in your commandline tool   
 1. Easy to test (due to reasons defined above)
+1. Color support for `--help` and for displaying errors (with Python >= 3.14)
 
 ### Motivating Use cases
 
@@ -30,11 +31,11 @@ pip install pydantic-cli
 - Internal tools driven by a Pydantic data model/schema
 - Configuration heavy tools that are driven by either partial (i.e, "presets") or complete configuration files defined using JSON
 
-Note: Newer version of `Pydantic-settings` has support for commandline functionality. It allows mixing of "sources", such as ENV, YAML, JSON and might satisfy your requirements.  
+Note: Newer version of `pydantic-settings` has support for commandline functionality. It allows mixing of "sources", such as ENV, YAML, JSON and might satisfy your requirements.  
 
 https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.8/concepts/pydantic_settings/#settings-management
 
-`Pydantic-cli` predates the CLI component of `pydantic-settings` and has a few different requirements and design approach. 
+`pydantic-cli` predates the CLI component of `pydantic-settings` and has a few different requirements and design approach. 
 
 ## Quick Start
 
@@ -455,6 +456,9 @@ class CliConfig(ConfigDict, total=False):
     # https://github.com/iterative/shtab
     cli_shell_completion_enable: bool
     cli_shell_completion_flag: str
+    
+    # defaults to true, only supported for python >= 3.14
+    cli_color: bool 
 ```
 
 ## AutoComplete leveraging shtab
diff --git a/pydantic_cli/__init__.py b/pydantic_cli/__init__.py
index a80f66b..e30967b 100644
--- a/pydantic_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/pydantic_cli/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import datetime
 import sys
 import traceback
+import warnings
 import logging
 import typing
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -11,9 +12,15 @@
 
 
 import pydantic
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, PydanticDeprecatedSince20
 from pydantic.fields import FieldInfo
 
+# This is not great. Pydantic >= 3 changing Field will require backward incompatible
+# changes to the API of Field(int, cli=('-m', '--max-records')) and pydantic-cli will
+# have to figure out a better approach. Field(int, json_schema_extra=dict(cli=('-m', '--max-records'))
+# is too verbose
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=PydanticDeprecatedSince20)
+
 from ._version import __version__
 
 from .core import M, Tuple1or2Type, Tuple1Type, Tuple2Type
@@ -26,13 +33,27 @@
 from .argparse import CustomArgumentParser, EagerHelpAction
 from .argparse import _parser_add_help, _parser_add_version
 from .argparse import FailedExecutionException, TerminalEagerCommand
-from argparse import ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
 from .shell_completion import (
     EmitShellCompletionAction,
     add_shell_completion_arg,
     HAS_AUTOCOMPLETE_SUPPORT,
 )
 
+
+def _default_no_color(*args, **kwargs) -> bool:
+    return False
+
+
+# Because these are ENV vars, this needs to be configure
+# lazily and called close to the call site
+try:
+    import _colorize
+
+    CAN_COLORIZE = _colorize.can_colorize
+except ImportError:
+    CAN_COLORIZE = _default_no_color
+
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -154,7 +175,7 @@ def _add_pydantic_field_to_parser(
     cfield_info = deepcopy(field_info)
     cfield_info.json_schema_extra = None
     # write this to keep backward compat with 3.10
-    help_ = "".join(["Field(", field_info.__repr_str__(", "), ")"])
+    help_ = "".join(["Field(", cfield_info.__repr_str__(", "), ")"])
 
     # log.debug(f"Creating Argument Field={field_id} opts:{cli_short_long}, allow_none={field.allow_none} default={default_value} type={field.type_} required={is_required} dest={field_id} desc={description}")
 
@@ -197,11 +218,16 @@ def pydantic_class_to_parser(
     in the Pydantic data model class.
 
     """
-    p0 = CustomArgumentParser(description=description, add_help=False)
+    cli_config = _get_cli_config_from_model(cls)
 
-    p = _add_pydantic_class_to_parser(p0, cls, default_value_override)
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+        p0 = CustomArgumentParser(
+            description=description, add_help=False, color=cli_config["cli_color"]
+        )
+    else:
+        p0 = CustomArgumentParser(description=description, add_help=False)
 
-    cli_config = _get_cli_config_from_model(cls)
+    p = _add_pydantic_class_to_parser(p0, cls, default_value_override)
 
     if cli_config["cli_json_enable"]:
         _parser_add_arg_json_file(p, cli_config)
@@ -220,29 +246,41 @@ def pydantic_class_to_parser(
 def _get_error_exit_code(ex: BaseException, default_exit_code: int = 1) -> int:
     if isinstance(ex, FailedExecutionException):
         exit_code = ex.exit_code
+    elif isinstance(ex, OSError):
+        exit_code = ex.errno
     else:
         exit_code = default_exit_code
     return exit_code
 
 
-def default_exception_handler(ex: BaseException) -> int:
+def _colorize_exception(ex: BaseException, file=sys.stderr) -> None:
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+        # As of 3.14, colorize is still not a public API
+        traceback.print_exception(ex, colorize=CAN_COLORIZE(file=file), file=file)
+    else:
+        traceback.print_exception(ex, file=file)
+
+
+def default_minimal_exception_handler(ex: BaseException) -> int:
     """
-    Maps/Transforms the Exception type to an integer exit code
+    Only write a terse error message. Don't output the entire stacktrace
     """
-    # this might need the opts instance, however
-    # this isn't really well-defined if there's an
-    # error at that level
-    sys.stderr.write(str(ex))
-    exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
-    traceback.print_tb(exc_traceback, file=sys.stderr)
+    _colorize_exception(ex, file=sys.stderr)
     return _get_error_exit_code(ex, 1)
 
 
-def default_minimal_exception_handler(ex: BaseException) -> int:
+# for backward compatibility. Also, wish the naming was consistent.
+default_exception_handler = default_minimal_exception_handler
+default_exception_handler_minimal = default_minimal_exception_handler
+
+
+def default_exception_handler_verbose(ex: BaseException) -> int:
     """
-    Only write a terse error message. Don't output the entire stacktrace
+    Verbose Exception + Entire Traceback
     """
-    sys.stderr.write(str(ex))
+    _colorize_exception(ex, file=sys.stderr)
+    exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
+    traceback.print_tb(exc_traceback, file=sys.stderr)
     return _get_error_exit_code(ex, 1)
 
 
@@ -324,8 +362,9 @@ def now() -> datetime.datetime:
         prologue_handler(cmd)
         # This should raise if there's an issue
         out = cmd.run()
+        # this is a check to make sure the caller has returned the correct type.
         if out is not None:
-            log.warning("Cmd.run() should return None or raise an exception.")
+            log.warning("Cmd.run() should return None or raise an exception.")  # type: ignore[unreachable]
         exit_code = 0
     except TerminalEagerCommand:
         exit_code = 0
@@ -447,18 +486,16 @@ def _to_subparser(
     overrides: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
 ) -> CustomArgumentParser:
 
-    p = CustomArgumentParser(
-        description=description, formatter_class=ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
-    )
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+        p = CustomArgumentParser(description=description, add_help=False, color=True)
+    else:
+        p = CustomArgumentParser(description=description, add_help=False)
 
     # log.debug(f"Creating parser from models {models}")
     sp = p.add_subparsers(
-        dest="commands", help="Subparser Commands", parser_class=CustomArgumentParser
+        dest="commands", title="Subparser Commands", parser_class=CustomArgumentParser
     )
 
-    # This fixes an unexpected case where the help isn't called?
-    # is this a Py2 to Py3 change?
-    sp.required = True
     overrides_defaults = {} if overrides is None else overrides
 
     for subparser_id, cmd in cmds.items():
@@ -479,6 +516,8 @@ def _to_subparser(
 
         spx.set_defaults(cmd=cmd)
 
+    _parser_add_help(p)
+
     if version is not None:
         _parser_add_version(p, version)
 
diff --git a/pydantic_cli/_version.py b/pydantic_cli/_version.py
index ba28073..9158871 100644
--- a/pydantic_cli/_version.py
+++ b/pydantic_cli/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "9.1.0"
+__version__ = "10.0.0"
diff --git a/pydantic_cli/core.py b/pydantic_cli/core.py
index a3d850d..adeb8e2 100644
--- a/pydantic_cli/core.py
+++ b/pydantic_cli/core.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Cmd(BaseModel):
     def run(self) -> None: ...
 
 
-class CliConfig(ConfigDict, total=False):
+class CliConfig(ConfigDict):
     """
     See `_get_cli_config_from_model` for defaults.
 
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class CliConfig(ConfigDict, total=False):
     cli_shell_completion_enable: bool
     cli_shell_completion_flag: str
 
+    # Only supported for python >= 3.14
+    cli_color: bool
+
 
 def _get_cli_config_from_model(cls: type[M]) -> CliConfig:
 
@@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ def _get_cli_config_from_model(cls: type[M]) -> CliConfig:
     cli_shell_completion_flag = cast(
         str, cls.model_config.get("cli_shell_completion_flag", "--emit-completion")
     )
+    cli_color: bool = cast(bool, cls.model_config.get("cli_color", True))
+
     return CliConfig(
         cli_json_key=cli_json_key,
         cli_json_enable=cli_json_enable,
@@ -82,4 +87,5 @@ def _get_cli_config_from_model(cls: type[M]) -> CliConfig:
         cli_json_validate_path=cli_json_validate_path,
         cli_shell_completion_enable=cli_shell_completion_enable,
         cli_shell_completion_flag=cli_shell_completion_flag,
+        cli_color=cli_color,
     )
diff --git a/pydantic_cli/examples/simple_with_custom.py b/pydantic_cli/examples/simple_with_custom.py
index 7fdfcc6..62a1f25 100644
--- a/pydantic_cli/examples/simple_with_custom.py
+++ b/pydantic_cli/examples/simple_with_custom.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 from pydantic import Field
 
-from pydantic_cli import __version__
+from pydantic_cli import (
+    __version__,
+    default_exception_handler_verbose,
+    default_exception_handler,
+)
 from pydantic_cli import run_and_exit, CliConfig, Cmd
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -23,8 +27,16 @@ def run(self) -> None:
         log.info(
             f"pydantic_cli version={__version__} Mock example running with options {self}"
         )
+        # for testing purposes
+        if self.max_records <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("max_records must be a positive integer")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, stream=sys.stdout)
-    run_and_exit(Options, description="Description", version="0.1.0")
+    run_and_exit(
+        Options,
+        description="Description",
+        version="0.1.0",
+        exception_handler=default_exception_handler,
+    )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1482b1a..ca90734 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Topic :: Utilities",