diff --git a/bin/simple-phpunit.php b/bin/simple-phpunit.php
index f28933c..5a1ba44 100644
--- a/bin/simple-phpunit.php
+++ b/bin/simple-phpunit.php
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class_exists(\SymfonyExcludeListSimplePhpunit::class, false) && PHPUnit\Util\Bla
     }
 }
 
-$cmd[0] = sprintf('%s %s --colors=always', $PHP, escapeshellarg("$PHPUNIT_DIR/$PHPUNIT_VERSION_DIR/phpunit"));
+$cmd[0] = sprintf('%s %s --colors=%s', $PHP, escapeshellarg("$PHPUNIT_DIR/$PHPUNIT_VERSION_DIR/phpunit"), false === $getEnvVar('NO_COLOR') ? 'always' : 'never');
 $cmd = str_replace('%', '%%', implode(' ', $cmd)).' %1$s';
 
 if ('\\' === \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ class SymfonyExcludeListSimplePhpunit
         {
         }
     }
-    array_splice($argv, 1, 0, ['--colors=always']);
+    array_splice($argv, 1, 0, ['--colors='.(false === $getEnvVar('NO_COLOR') ? 'always' : 'never')]);
     $_SERVER['argv'] = $argv;
     $_SERVER['argc'] = ++$argc;
     include "$PHPUNIT_DIR/$PHPUNIT_VERSION_DIR/phpunit";