Reproduction steps
Scala version: 2.13.11
➜ ~ scala -Wconf:cat=deprecation:e
Welcome to Scala 2.13.11 (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM, Java 20.0.1).
Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.
scala> @deprecated("","") def f = 42
lazy val $result = $line3.$read.INSTANCE.$iw.f
^
<synthetic>:4: error: method f is deprecated
(To diagnose errors in synthetic code, try adding `// show` to the end of your input.)
scala> def f: String = 42
^
error: type mismatch;
found : Int(42)
required: String
scala>
Problem
The word "error" is in red in both messages, but one is a boosted error.
Maybe boosted errors could be purple.