How can I get colors with "ls -l | more"?
Try with less command with repaint(-R) option:
ls --color=always -l | less -R
Try:
ls -lA --color=always | more
Search for the term "escape sequence" in the man page of less. About the colorful stuff, see ANSI escape code # Colors;
There is a detailed solution on askubuntu.com on how to have paged & colored output; the key info is:
ls -C --color=always | less -R