diff --git a/slither/__main__.py b/slither/__main__.py
index 2bf6743c4..68e23f721 100644
--- a/slither/__main__.py
+++ b/slither/__main__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from slither.printers.abstract_printer import AbstractPrinter
 from slither.slither import Slither
 from slither.utils.colors import red
 from slither.utils.command_line import output_to_markdown, output_detectors, output_printers, output_detectors_json, output_wiki
+from slither.utils.colors import set_colorization_enabled
 
 logging.basicConfig()
 logger = logging.getLogger("Slither")
@@ -232,6 +233,9 @@ def main_impl(all_detector_classes, all_printer_classes):
     """
     args = parse_args(all_detector_classes, all_printer_classes)
 
+    # Set colorization option
+    set_colorization_enabled(not args.disable_color)
+
     printer_classes = choose_printers(args, all_printer_classes)
     detector_classes = choose_detectors(args, all_detector_classes)
 
@@ -399,6 +403,10 @@ def parse_args(detector_classes, printer_classes):
                             help='Use a local Truffle version (with npx)',
                             action='store',
                             default=False)
+    group_misc.add_argument('--disable-color',
+                            help='Disable output colorization',
+                            action='store_true',
+                            default=False)
 
 
 
diff --git a/slither/utils/colors.py b/slither/utils/colors.py
index b34ac68d2..ba6cedc4a 100644
--- a/slither/utils/colors.py
+++ b/slither/utils/colors.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from functools import partial
+import platform
 
 
 class Colors:
+    COLORIZATION_ENABLED = True
     RED = '\033[91m'
     GREEN = '\033[92m'
     YELLOW = '\033[93m'
@@ -11,7 +13,66 @@ class Colors:
 
 
 def colorize(color, txt):
-    return '{}{}{}'.format(color, txt, Colors.END)
+    if Colors.COLORIZATION_ENABLED:
+        return '{}{}{}'.format(color, txt, Colors.END)
+    else:
+        return txt
+
+
+def enable_windows_virtual_terminal_sequences():
+    """
+    Sets the appropriate flags to enable virtual terminal sequences in a Windows command prompt.
+    Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences
+    """
+
+    try:
+        from ctypes import windll, byref
+        from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, HANDLE
+
+        kernel32 = windll.kernel32
+        virtual_terminal_flag = 0x04  # ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING
+
+        # Obtain our stdout/stderr handles.
+        # Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/getstdhandle
+        handle_stdout = kernel32.GetStdHandle(-11)
+        handle_stderr = kernel32.GetStdHandle(-12)
+
+        # Loop for each stdout/stderr handle.
+        for current_handle in [handle_stdout, handle_stderr]:
+
+            # If we get a null handle, or fail any subsequent calls in this scope, we do not colorize any output.
+            if current_handle is None or current_handle == HANDLE(-1):
+                return False
+
+            # Try to obtain the current flags for the console.
+            current_mode = DWORD()
+            if not kernel32.GetConsoleMode(current_handle, byref(current_mode)):
+                return False
+
+            # If the virtual terminal sequence processing is not yet enabled, we enable it.
+            if (current_mode.value & virtual_terminal_flag) == 0:
+                if not kernel32.SetConsoleMode(current_handle, current_mode.value | virtual_terminal_flag):
+                    return False
+    except:
+        # Any generic failure (possibly from calling these methods on older Windows builds where they do not exist)
+        # will fall back onto disabling colorization.
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def set_colorization_enabled(enabled):
+    """
+    Sets the enabled state of output colorization.
+    :param enabled: Boolean indicating whether output should be colorized.
+    :return: None
+    """
+    # If color is supposed to be enabled and this is windows, we have to enable console virtual terminal sequences:
+    if enabled and platform.system() == 'Windows':
+        Colors.COLORIZATION_ENABLED = enable_windows_virtual_terminal_sequences()
+    else:
+        # This is not windows so we can enable color immediately.
+        Colors.COLORIZATION_ENABLED = enabled
 
 
 green = partial(colorize, Colors.GREEN)
@@ -19,3 +80,7 @@ yellow = partial(colorize, Colors.YELLOW)
 red = partial(colorize, Colors.RED)
 blue = partial(colorize, Colors.BLUE)
 magenta = partial(colorize, Colors.MAGENTA)
+
+# We enable colorization by default (this call is important as it will enable color mode on Windows by default),
+# regardless of whether Slither is interacted with from CLI or another script.
+set_colorization_enabled(True)