ls man page says:
Using color to distinguish file types is disabled both by default and
with --color=never. With --color=auto, ls emits color codes only when
standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment
variable can change the settings. Use the dircolors command to set it.Add: Or use LS_COLORS=; export LS_COLORS to override any ls="ls --color" aliases others might have set up for us, and thus make sure colors are off.
