diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index a06ca0dd990f29..e6af28688bb896 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -772,6 +772,10 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
         const ln = lines.length === 1 ? ' ' : ':\n';
         errStack = `Uncaught${ln}${errStack}`;
       }
+      // If colors are allowed, print in red
+      if (self.useColors) {
+        errStack = '\u001b[31m' + errStack + '\u001b[39m';
+      }
       // Normalize line endings.
       errStack += StringPrototypeEndsWith(errStack, '\n') ? '' : '\n';
       self.output.write(errStack);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js
index 2aad0e09b6d9ba..ab616bdaff964b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ const tests = [
   {
     command: '(() => { const err = Error(\'Whoops!\'); ' +
              'err.foo = \'bar\'; throw err; })()',
-    expected: 'Uncaught Error: Whoops!\n    at REPL5:*:* {\n  foo: ' +
-              "\u001b[32m'bar'\u001b[39m\n}\n",
+    expected: '\x1B[31mUncaught Error: Whoops!\n    at REPL5:*:* {\n  foo: ' +
+              "\u001b[32m'bar'\u001b[39m\n}\x1B[31m\n",
     useColors: true
   },
   {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js
index d3dbe0acb0106d..233840f371c6cf 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ const tests = [
   {
     useColors: true,
     command: 'x',
-    expected: 'Uncaught ReferenceError: x is not defined\n'
+    expected: '\x1B[31mUncaught ReferenceError: x is not defined\x1B[39m\n'
   },
   {
     useColors: true,
     command: 'throw { foo: "test" }',
-    expected: "Uncaught { foo: \x1B[32m'test'\x1B[39m }\n"
+    expected: "\x1B[31mUncaught { foo: \x1B[32m'test'\x1B[39m }\x1B[39m\n"
   },
   {
     command: 'process.on("uncaughtException", () => console.log("Foobar"));\n',