diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5eefe3668..c985a9e67 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Add support for the `NO_COLOR` environment variable.
+  ([#459](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/459), [fatih/color#137](https://github.com/fatih/color/pull/137)).
 - Fix bug where sources were not considering the right directory
   in `--watch` mode
   ([#484](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/484), [#485](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/485)).
diff --git a/cmd/task/task.go b/cmd/task/task.go
index 4831c4de5..b481efe5f 100644
--- a/cmd/task/task.go
+++ b/cmd/task/task.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func main() {
 	pflag.StringVarP(&dir, "dir", "d", "", "sets directory of execution")
 	pflag.StringVarP(&entrypoint, "taskfile", "t", "", `choose which Taskfile to run. Defaults to "Taskfile.yml"`)
 	pflag.StringVarP(&output, "output", "o", "", "sets output style: [interleaved|group|prefixed]")
-	pflag.BoolVarP(&color, "color", "c", true, "colored output")
+	pflag.BoolVarP(&color, "color", "c", true, "colored output. Enabled by default. Set flag to false or use NO_COLOR=1 to disable")
 	pflag.IntVarP(&concurrency, "concurrency", "C", 0, "limit number tasks to run concurrently")
 	pflag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/internal/logger/logger.go b/internal/logger/logger.go
index ee1caec90..20c865f68 100644
--- a/internal/logger/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -6,17 +6,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 )
 
+type Color func() PrintFunc
 type PrintFunc func(io.Writer, string, ...interface{})
 
-var (
-	Default PrintFunc = color.New(color.Reset).FprintfFunc()
-	Blue    PrintFunc = color.New(color.FgBlue).FprintfFunc()
-	Green   PrintFunc = color.New(color.FgGreen).FprintfFunc()
-	Cyan    PrintFunc = color.New(color.FgCyan).FprintfFunc()
-	Yellow  PrintFunc = color.New(color.FgYellow).FprintfFunc()
-	Magenta PrintFunc = color.New(color.FgMagenta).FprintfFunc()
-	Red     PrintFunc = color.New(color.FgRed).FprintfFunc()
-)
+func Default() PrintFunc { return color.New(color.Reset).FprintfFunc() }
+func Blue() PrintFunc    { return color.New(color.FgBlue).FprintfFunc() }
+func Green() PrintFunc   { return color.New(color.FgGreen).FprintfFunc() }
+func Cyan() PrintFunc    { return color.New(color.FgCyan).FprintfFunc() }
+func Yellow() PrintFunc  { return color.New(color.FgYellow).FprintfFunc() }
+func Magenta() PrintFunc { return color.New(color.FgMagenta).FprintfFunc() }
+func Red() PrintFunc     { return color.New(color.FgRed).FprintfFunc() }
 
 // Logger is just a wrapper that prints stuff to STDOUT or STDERR,
 // with optional color.
@@ -28,37 +27,39 @@ type Logger struct {
 }
 
 // Outf prints stuff to STDOUT.
-func (l *Logger) Outf(print PrintFunc, s string, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *Logger) Outf(color Color, s string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		s, args = "%s", []interface{}{s}
 	}
 	if !l.Color {
-		print = Default
+		color = Default
 	}
+	print := color()
 	print(l.Stdout, s+"\n", args...)
 }
 
 // VerboseOutf prints stuff to STDOUT if verbose mode is enabled.
-func (l *Logger) VerboseOutf(print PrintFunc, s string, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *Logger) VerboseOutf(color Color, s string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if l.Verbose {
-		l.Outf(print, s, args...)
+		l.Outf(color, s, args...)
 	}
 }
 
 // Errf prints stuff to STDERR.
-func (l *Logger) Errf(print PrintFunc, s string, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *Logger) Errf(color Color, s string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		s, args = "%s", []interface{}{s}
 	}
 	if !l.Color {
-		print = Default
+		color = Default
 	}
+	print := color()
 	print(l.Stderr, s+"\n", args...)
 }
 
 // VerboseErrf prints stuff to STDERR if verbose mode is enabled.
-func (l *Logger) VerboseErrf(print PrintFunc, s string, args ...interface{}) {
+func (l *Logger) VerboseErrf(color Color, s string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if l.Verbose {
-		l.Errf(print, s, args...)
+		l.Errf(color, s, args...)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/task_test.go b/task_test.go
index 6eed315ef..89b466ced 100644
--- a/task_test.go
+++ b/task_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/taskfile"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	_ = os.Setenv("NO_COLOR", "1")
+}
+
 // fileContentTest provides a basic reusable test-case for running a Taskfile
 // and inspect generated files.
 type fileContentTest struct {