Unable to get ls to recognise LS_OPTIONS or LS_COLORS?

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Published on 2013-11-06T02:38:29Z Indexed on 2013/11/06 3:59 UTC
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Trying to get --color=auto as the default ls argument.

$  ls --version
ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21
…
$  echo $LS_COLORS
no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=00;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:
$  echo $LS_OPTIONS
--color=auto

Unfortunately when I run ls I still get non-colored output (running ls --color=auto manually gives me colors).

How do I make --color=auto a default ls argument?

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