diff --git a/.changeset/cyan-cats-destroy.md b/.changeset/cyan-cats-destroy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c896ee6dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cyan-cats-destroy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"stylelint": patch
+---
+
+Fixed: tally output of `string` formatter colorized
diff --git a/lib/formatters/stringFormatter.js b/lib/formatters/stringFormatter.js
index ca2c479d57..b7c32c8743 100644
--- a/lib/formatters/stringFormatter.js
+++ b/lib/formatters/stringFormatter.js
@@ -301,10 +301,9 @@ module.exports = function stringFormatter(results, returnValue) {
 		const total = errorCount + warningCount;
 
 		if (total > 0) {
-			const tally =
-				`${total} ${pluralize('problem', total)}` +
-				` (${errorCount} ${pluralize('error', errorCount)}` +
-				`, ${warningCount} ${pluralize('warning', warningCount)})`;
+			const error = red(`${errorCount} ${pluralize('error', errorCount)}`);
+			const warning = yellow(`${warningCount} ${pluralize('warning', warningCount)}`);
+			const tally = `${total} ${pluralize('problem', total)} (${error}, ${warning})`;
 
 			output += `${tally}\n\n`;
 		}