diff --git a/crates/rome_cli/src/commands/help.rs b/crates/rome_cli/src/commands/help.rs
index 70817f7da60..acc2cb1f127 100644
--- a/crates/rome_cli/src/commands/help.rs
+++ b/crates/rome_cli/src/commands/help.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const MAIN: Markup = markup! {
     - "<Emphasis>"help"</Emphasis>"         Prints this help message
 
 "<Emphasis>"OPTIONS:"</Emphasis>"
-    "<Dim>"--no-colors"</Dim>"              Disable the formatting of markup (print everything as plain text)
+    "<Dim>"--colors=<off|force>"</Dim>"     Set the formatting mode for markup: \"off\" prints everything as plain text, \"force\" forces the formatting of markup using ANSI even if the console output is determined to be incompatible
     "<Dim>"--use-server"</Dim>"             Connect to a running instance of the Rome daemon server
     "<Dim>"--version"</Dim>"                Show the Rome version information and quit
     "<Dim>"--files-max-size"</Dim>"         The maximum allowed size for source code files in bytes (default: 1MB)
diff --git a/crates/rome_cli/src/lib.rs b/crates/rome_cli/src/lib.rs
index 6fd16369b28..32371277a68 100644
--- a/crates/rome_cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rome_cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 //! to parse commands and arguments, redirect the execution of the commands and
 //! execute the traversal of directory and files, based on the command that were passed.
 
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
 pub use pico_args::Arguments;
-use rome_console::EnvConsole;
+use rome_console::{ColorMode, EnvConsole};
 use rome_flags::FeatureFlags;
 use rome_fs::OsFileSystem;
 use rome_service::{App, DynRef, Workspace, WorkspaceRef};
@@ -45,16 +47,47 @@ pub struct CliSession<'app> {
 }
 
 impl<'app> CliSession<'app> {
-    pub fn new(workspace: &'app dyn Workspace, mut args: Arguments) -> Self {
-        let no_colors = args.contains("--no-colors");
-        Self {
+    pub fn new(workspace: &'app dyn Workspace, mut args: Arguments) -> Result<Self, Termination> {
+        enum ColorsArg {
+            Off,
+            Force,
+        }
+
+        impl FromStr for ColorsArg {
+            type Err = String;
+
+            fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+                match s {
+                    "off" => Ok(Self::Off),
+                    "force" => Ok(Self::Force),
+                    _ => Err(format!(
+                        "value {s:?} is not valid for the --colors argument"
+                    )),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let colors =
+            args.opt_value_from_str("--colors")
+                .map_err(|source| Termination::ParseError {
+                    argument: "--colors",
+                    source,
+                })?;
+
+        let colors = match colors {
+            Some(ColorsArg::Off) => ColorMode::Disabled,
+            Some(ColorsArg::Force) => ColorMode::Enabled,
+            None => ColorMode::Auto,
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
             app: App::new(
                 DynRef::Owned(Box::new(OsFileSystem)),
-                DynRef::Owned(Box::new(EnvConsole::new(no_colors))),
+                DynRef::Owned(Box::new(EnvConsole::new(colors))),
                 WorkspaceRef::Borrowed(workspace),
             ),
             args,
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// Main function to run Rome CLI
diff --git a/crates/rome_cli/src/main.rs b/crates/rome_cli/src/main.rs
index 8e920252b2b..53e5bcbe815 100644
--- a/crates/rome_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/rome_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Termination> {
         workspace::server()
     };
 
-    CliSession::new(&*workspace, args).run()
+    let session = CliSession::new(&*workspace, args)?;
+    session.run()
 }
diff --git a/crates/rome_cli/tests/main.rs b/crates/rome_cli/tests/main.rs
index 9c5b596e79e..a80c3cf5dd9 100644
--- a/crates/rome_cli/tests/main.rs
+++ b/crates/rome_cli/tests/main.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ mod help {
 mod main {
     use super::*;
     use rome_diagnostics::MAXIMUM_DISPLAYABLE_DIAGNOSTICS;
+    use rome_service::workspace;
 
     #[test]
     fn unknown_command() {
@@ -181,6 +182,39 @@ mod main {
             _ => panic!("run_cli returned {result:?} for a malformed, expected an error"),
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn no_colors() {
+        let workspace = workspace::server();
+        let args = Arguments::from_vec(vec![OsString::from("--colors=off")]);
+        let result = CliSession::new(&*workspace, args).and_then(|session| session.run());
+
+        assert!(result.is_ok(), "run_cli returned {result:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn force_colors() {
+        let workspace = workspace::server();
+        let args = Arguments::from_vec(vec![OsString::from("--colors=force")]);
+        let result = CliSession::new(&*workspace, args).and_then(|session| session.run());
+
+        assert!(result.is_ok(), "run_cli returned {result:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid_colors() {
+        let workspace = workspace::server();
+        let args = Arguments::from_vec(vec![OsString::from("--colors=other")]);
+
+        let result = CliSession::new(&*workspace, args).and_then(|session| session.run());
+
+        match result {
+            Err(Termination::ParseError { argument, .. }) => {
+                assert_eq!(argument, "--colors");
+            }
+            _ => panic!("run_cli returned {result:?} for a malformed, expected an error"),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 mod init {
diff --git a/crates/rome_console/src/lib.rs b/crates/rome_console/src/lib.rs
index 13597622c3d..8ef0ab76dd2 100644
--- a/crates/rome_console/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rome_console/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,17 +63,37 @@ pub struct EnvConsole {
     r#in: Stdin,
 }
 
+pub enum ColorMode {
+    /// Always print color using either ANSI or the Windows Console API
+    Enabled,
+    /// Never print colors
+    Disabled,
+    /// Print colors if stdout / stderr are determined to be TTY / Console
+    /// streams, and the `TERM=dumb` and `NO_COLOR` environment variables are
+    /// not set
+    Auto,
+}
+
 impl EnvConsole {
-    pub fn new(no_colors: bool) -> Self {
-        let out_mode = if no_colors || !atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout) {
-            ColorChoice::Never
-        } else {
-            ColorChoice::Auto
-        };
-        let err_mode = if no_colors || !atty::is(atty::Stream::Stderr) {
-            ColorChoice::Never
-        } else {
-            ColorChoice::Auto
+    pub fn new(colors: ColorMode) -> Self {
+        let (out_mode, err_mode) = match colors {
+            ColorMode::Enabled => (ColorChoice::Always, ColorChoice::Always),
+            ColorMode::Disabled => (ColorChoice::Never, ColorChoice::Never),
+            ColorMode::Auto => {
+                let stdout = if atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout) {
+                    ColorChoice::Auto
+                } else {
+                    ColorChoice::Never
+                };
+
+                let stderr = if atty::is(atty::Stream::Stderr) {
+                    ColorChoice::Auto
+                } else {
+                    ColorChoice::Never
+                };
+
+                (stdout, stderr)
+            }
         };
 
         Self {
@@ -86,7 +106,7 @@ impl EnvConsole {
 
 impl Default for EnvConsole {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::new(false)
+        Self::new(ColorMode::Auto)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/rome_js_semantic/src/tests/assertions.rs b/crates/rome_js_semantic/src/tests/assertions.rs
index ebdb25f4d38..0d68f0c5186 100644
--- a/crates/rome_js_semantic/src/tests/assertions.rs
+++ b/crates/rome_js_semantic/src/tests/assertions.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub fn assert(code: &str, test_name: &str) {
     let r = rome_js_parser::parse(code, FileId::zero(), SourceType::tsx());
 
     if r.has_errors() {
-        let mut console = EnvConsole::new(false);
+        let mut console = EnvConsole::default();
         for diag in r.into_diagnostics() {
             let error = diag
                 .with_file_path(FileId::zero())
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ fn error_assertion_not_attached_to_a_declaration(
         .with_file_path((test_name.to_string(), FileId::zero()))
         .with_file_source_code(code);
 
-    let mut console = EnvConsole::new(false);
+    let mut console = EnvConsole::default();
     console.log(markup! {
         {PrintDiagnostic(&error)}
     });
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ fn error_declaration_pointing_to_unknown_scope(
         .with_file_path((test_name.to_string(), FileId::zero()))
         .with_file_source_code(code);
 
-    let mut console = EnvConsole::new(false);
+    let mut console = EnvConsole::default();
     console.log(markup! {
         {PrintDiagnostic(&error)}
     });
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ fn error_assertion_name_clash(
         .with_file_path((test_name.to_string(), FileId::zero()))
         .with_file_source_code(code);
 
-    let mut console = EnvConsole::new(false);
+    let mut console = EnvConsole::default();
     console.log(markup! {
         {PrintDiagnostic(&error)}
     });
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ fn error_scope_end_assertion_points_to_non_existing_scope_start_assertion(
         .with_file_path((file_name.to_string(), FileId::zero()))
         .with_file_source_code(code);
 
-    let mut console = EnvConsole::new(false);
+    let mut console = EnvConsole::default();
     console.log(markup! {
         {PrintDiagnostic(&error)}
     });
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ fn error_scope_end_assertion_points_to_the_wrong_scope_start(
         .with_file_path((file_name.to_string(), FileId::zero()))
         .with_file_source_code(code);
 
-    let mut console = EnvConsole::new(false);
+    let mut console = EnvConsole::default();
     console.log(markup! {
         {PrintDiagnostic(&error)}
     });
diff --git a/website/src/pages/cli.mdx b/website/src/pages/cli.mdx
index 464d5b128cc..80a176a8998 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/cli.mdx
+++ b/website/src/pages/cli.mdx
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ Stop the Rome [daemon](/internals/architecture#deamon) server
 
 ## Common Options
 
-### `--no-colors`
+### `--colors=<off|force>`
 
-Disable the formatting of markup (print everything as plain text)
+Set the formatting mode for markup: `off` prints everything as plain text,
+`force` forces the formatting of markup using ANSI even if the console output
+is determined to be incompatible
 
 ### `--use-server`
 
diff --git a/xtask/lintdoc/src/main.rs b/xtask/lintdoc/src/main.rs
index 74471273323..48d3fe92fdb 100644
--- a/xtask/lintdoc/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/lintdoc/src/main.rs
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ fn assert_lint(
         if test.expect_diagnostic {
             // Print all diagnostics to help the user
             if all_diagnostics.len() > 1 {
-                let mut console = rome_console::EnvConsole::new(false);
+                let mut console = rome_console::EnvConsole::default();
                 for diag in all_diagnostics.iter() {
                     console.print(
                         rome_console::LogLevel::Error,
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ fn assert_lint(
             );
         } else {
             // Print all diagnostics to help the user
-            let mut console = rome_console::EnvConsole::new(false);
+            let mut console = rome_console::EnvConsole::default();
             for diag in all_diagnostics.iter() {
                 console.print(
                     rome_console::LogLevel::Error,