diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/console.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/console.ts
index d80d6e0ac19f..45f8a7b20718 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/console.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/console.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream'
 import { Console } from 'node:console'
 import { relative } from 'node:path'
-import { getSafeTimers } from '@vitest/utils'
+import { getColors, getSafeTimers } from '@vitest/utils'
 import { RealDate } from '../integrations/mock/date'
 import type { WorkerGlobalState } from '../types'
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function createCustomConsole(state: WorkerGlobalState) {
   return new Console({
     stdout,
     stderr,
-    colorMode: true,
+    colorMode: getColors().isColorSupported,
     groupIndentation: 2,
   })
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 23bf5a21ad9e..a9c368324222 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1557,6 +1557,9 @@ importers:
 
   test/config:
     devDependencies:
+      execa:
+        specifier: ^8.0.1
+        version: 8.0.1
       vite:
         specifier: ^5.0.0
         version: 5.0.2(@types/node@18.18.9)(less@4.1.3)
diff --git a/test/config/fixtures/console-color/basic.test.ts b/test/config/fixtures/console-color/basic.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bef8bc203b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/fixtures/console-color/basic.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from 'vitest'
+
+test("console color", () => {
+  console.log(true) // node console highlights primitive
+})
diff --git a/test/config/fixtures/console-color/vitest.config.ts b/test/config/fixtures/console-color/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abed6b2116e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/fixtures/console-color/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({})
diff --git a/test/config/package.json b/test/config/package.json
index 598c81fc3ec0..4eb3d9bdd328 100644
--- a/test/config/package.json
+++ b/test/config/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "vitest run --typecheck.enabled"
+    "test": "vitest --typecheck.enabled"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "execa": "^8.0.1",
     "vite": "latest",
     "vitest": "workspace:*"
   }
diff --git a/test/config/test/console-color.test.ts b/test/config/test/console-color.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52aba7692e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/test/console-color.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { execa } from 'execa'
+
+// use "execa" directly since "runVitestCli" strips color
+
+test('with color', async () => {
+  const proc = await execa('vitest', ['run', '--root=./fixtures/console-color'], {
+    env: {
+      CI: '1',
+      FORCE_COLOR: '1',
+      NO_COLOR: undefined,
+      GITHUB_ACTIONS: undefined,
+    },
+  })
+  expect(proc.stdout).toContain('\n\x1B[33mtrue\x1B[39m\n')
+})
+
+test('without color', async () => {
+  const proc = await execa('vitest', ['run', '--root=./fixtures/console-color'], {
+    env: {
+      CI: '1',
+      FORCE_COLOR: undefined,
+      NO_COLOR: '1',
+      GITHUB_ACTIONS: undefined,
+    },
+  })
+  expect(proc.stdout).toContain('\ntrue\n')
+})