diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/colors.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/colors.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d12b57c84f063d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/colors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const {
+  blue,
+  green,
+  red,
+  yellow,
+  white,
+  gray,
+} = require('internal/util/colors');
+
+const DEFAULT_THEME = {
+  info: 'blue',
+  pass: 'green',
+  fail: 'red',
+  skip: 'yellow',
+  base: 'white',
+  duration: 'gray',
+};
+
+const COLOR_MAP = {
+  blue,
+  green,
+  red,
+  yellow,
+  white,
+  gray,
+};
+
+function loadUserTheme() {
+  const raw = process.env.NODE_TEST_RUNNER_THEME;
+  if (!raw) return {};
+
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    const allowedKeys = Object.keys(DEFAULT_THEME);
+    const sanitized = {};
+
+    for (const key of allowedKeys) {
+      const val = parsed[key];
+      if (typeof val === 'string' && val in COLOR_MAP) {
+        sanitized[key] = val;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return sanitized;
+  } catch {
+    return {};
+  }
+}
+
+const userTheme = loadUserTheme();
+
+function resolveColor(name) {
+  const userColor = userTheme[name];
+  const fallback = DEFAULT_THEME[name];
+  return COLOR_MAP[userColor] || COLOR_MAP[fallback];
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  info: resolveColor('info'),
+  pass: resolveColor('pass'),
+  fail: resolveColor('fail'),
+  skip: resolveColor('skip'),
+  base: resolveColor('base'),
+  duration: resolveColor('duration'),
+};
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/dot.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/dot.js
index 45ff047bc4e5a0..a80dc7746772d0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/dot.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/dot.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {
   MathMax,
 } = primordials;
 const colors = require('internal/util/colors');
+const colorsTheme = require('internal/test_runner/colors');
 const { formatTestReport } = require('internal/test_runner/reporter/utils');
 
 module.exports = async function* dot(source) {
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ module.exports = async function* dot(source) {
   const failedTests = [];
   for await (const { type, data } of source) {
     if (type === 'test:pass') {
-      yield `${colors.green}.${colors.reset}`;
+      yield `${colorsTheme.pass}.${colors.reset}`;
     }
     if (type === 'test:fail') {
-      yield `${colors.red}X${colors.reset}`;
+      yield `${colorsTheme.fail}X${colors.reset}`;
       ArrayPrototypePush(failedTests, data);
     }
     if ((type === 'test:fail' || type === 'test:pass') && ++count === columns) {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = async function* dot(source) {
   }
   yield '\n';
   if (failedTests.length > 0) {
-    yield `\n${colors.red}Failed tests:${colors.white}\n\n`;
+    yield `\n${colorsTheme.fail}Failed tests:${base}\n\n`;
     for (const test of failedTests) {
       yield formatTestReport('test:fail', test);
     }
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
index 9031025e57d930..85cbda7fbb606b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const {
 const assert = require('assert');
 const Transform = require('internal/streams/transform');
 const colors = require('internal/util/colors');
+const colorsTheme = require('internal/test_runner/colors');
 const { kSubtestsFailed } = require('internal/test_runner/test');
 const { getCoverageReport } = require('internal/test_runner/utils');
 const { relative } = require('path');
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class SpecReporter extends Transform {
     }
 
     const results = [
-      `\n${reporterColorMap['test:fail']}${reporterUnicodeSymbolMap['test:fail']}failing tests:${colors.white}\n`,
+      `\n${reporterColorMap['test:fail']}${reporterUnicodeSymbolMap['test:fail']}failing tests:${colorsTheme.base}\n`,
     ];
 
     for (let i = 0; i < this.#failedTests.length; i++) {
@@ -96,11 +97,11 @@ class SpecReporter extends Transform {
         return data.message;
       case 'test:diagnostic':{
         const diagnosticColor = reporterColorMap[data.level] || reporterColorMap['test:diagnostic'];
-        return `${diagnosticColor}${indent(data.nesting)}${reporterUnicodeSymbolMap[type]}${data.message}${colors.white}\n`;
+        return `${diagnosticColor}${indent(data.nesting)}${reporterUnicodeSymbolMap[type]}${data.message}${colorsTheme.base}\n`;
       }
       case 'test:coverage':
         return getCoverageReport(indent(data.nesting), data.summary,
-                                 reporterUnicodeSymbolMap['test:coverage'], colors.blue, true);
+                                 reporterUnicodeSymbolMap['test:coverage'], colorsTheme.info, true);
       case 'test:summary':
         // We report only the root test summary
         if (data.file === undefined) {
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/utils.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/utils.js
index eb1a008aaf006a..3db7b401f0703c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/utils.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const {
   hardenRegExp,
 } = primordials;
 const colors = require('internal/util/colors');
+const colorsTheme = require('internal/test_runner/colors');
 const { inspectWithNoCustomRetry } = require('internal/errors');
 const indentMemo = new SafeMap();
 
@@ -29,22 +30,22 @@ const reporterUnicodeSymbolMap = {
 const reporterColorMap = {
   '__proto__': null,
   get 'test:fail'() {
-    return colors.red;
+    return colorsTheme.fail;
   },
   get 'test:pass'() {
-    return colors.green;
+    return colorsTheme.pass;
   },
   get 'test:diagnostic'() {
-    return colors.blue;
+    return colorsTheme.info;
   },
   get 'info'() {
-    return colors.blue;
+    return colorsTheme.info;
   },
   get 'warn'() {
-    return colors.yellow;
+    return colorsTheme.warn;
   },
   get 'error'() {
-    return colors.red;
+    return colorsTheme.fail;
   },
 };
 
@@ -69,10 +70,10 @@ function formatError(error, indent) {
 }
 
 function formatTestReport(type, data, prefix = '', indent = '', hasChildren = false, showErrorDetails = true) {
-  let color = reporterColorMap[type] ?? colors.white;
+  let color = reporterColorMap[type] ?? colorsTheme.base;
   let symbol = reporterUnicodeSymbolMap[type] ?? ' ';
   const { skip, todo } = data;
-  const duration_ms = data.details?.duration_ms ? ` ${colors.gray}(${data.details.duration_ms}ms)${colors.white}` : '';
+  const duration_ms = data.details?.duration_ms ? ` ${colorsTheme.duration}(${data.details.duration_ms}ms)${colorsTheme.base}` : '';
   let title = `${data.name}${duration_ms}`;
 
   if (skip !== undefined) {
@@ -87,10 +88,10 @@ function formatTestReport(type, data, prefix = '', indent = '', hasChildren = fa
     error;
 
   if (skip !== undefined) {
-    color = colors.gray;
+    color = colorsTheme.duration;
     symbol = reporterUnicodeSymbolMap['hyphen:minus'];
   }
-  return `${prefix}${indent}${color}${symbol}${title}${colors.white}${err}`;
+  return `${prefix}${indent}${color}${symbol}${title}${colorsTheme.base}${err}`;
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js
index 44789451d18335..c9d68feca947c5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/utils.js
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ const { relative, sep, resolve } = require('path');
 const { createWriteStream } = require('fs');
 const { pathToFileURL } = require('internal/url');
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
-const { green, yellow, red, white, shouldColorize } = require('internal/util/colors');
+const { shouldColorize } = require('internal/util/colors');
+const colorsTheme = require('internal/test_runner/colors');
 
 const {
   codes: {
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 const coverageColors = {
   __proto__: null,
-  high: green,
-  medium: yellow,
-  low: red,
+  high: colorsTheme.pass,
+  medium: colorsTheme.skip,
+  low: colorsTheme.fail,
 };
 
 const kMultipleCallbackInvocations = 'multipleCallbackInvocations';
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ function getCoverageReport(pad, summary, symbol, color, table) {
 
   report += `${prefix}end of coverage report\n`;
   if (color) {
-    report += white;
+    report += colorsTheme.base;
   }
   return report;
 }