diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 854b19918c16cd..dbcb8b1d5cf857 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -1274,27 +1274,31 @@ function formatError(err, constructor, tag, ctx, keys) {
   const stackStart = stack.indexOf('\n    at', pos);
   if (stackStart === -1) {
     stack = `[${stack}]`;
-  } else if (ctx.colors) {
-    // Highlight userland code and node modules.
+  } else {
     let newStack = stack.slice(0, stackStart);
     const lines = getStackFrames(ctx, err, stack.slice(stackStart + 1));
-    for (const line of lines) {
-      const core = line.match(coreModuleRegExp);
-      if (core !== null && NativeModule.exists(core[1])) {
-        newStack += `\n${ctx.stylize(line, 'undefined')}`;
-      } else {
-        // This adds underscores to all node_modules to quickly identify them.
-        let nodeModule;
-        newStack += '\n';
-        let pos = 0;
-        while (nodeModule = nodeModulesRegExp.exec(line)) {
-          // '/node_modules/'.length === 14
-          newStack += line.slice(pos, nodeModule.index + 14);
-          newStack += ctx.stylize(nodeModule[1], 'module');
-          pos = nodeModule.index + nodeModule[0].length;
+    if (ctx.colors) {
+      // Highlight userland code and node modules.
+      for (const line of lines) {
+        const core = line.match(coreModuleRegExp);
+        if (core !== null && NativeModule.exists(core[1])) {
+          newStack += `\n${ctx.stylize(line, 'undefined')}`;
+        } else {
+          // This adds underscores to all node_modules to quickly identify them.
+          let nodeModule;
+          newStack += '\n';
+          let pos = 0;
+          while (nodeModule = nodeModulesRegExp.exec(line)) {
+            // '/node_modules/'.length === 14
+            newStack += line.slice(pos, nodeModule.index + 14);
+            newStack += ctx.stylize(nodeModule[1], 'module');
+            pos = nodeModule.index + nodeModule[0].length;
+          }
+          newStack += pos === 0 ? line : line.slice(pos);
         }
-        newStack += pos === 0 ? line : line.slice(pos);
       }
+    } else {
+      newStack += `\n${lines.join('\n')}`;
     }
     stack = newStack;
   }
diff --git a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js
index 109812fc3815ea..f6318357974cb6 100644
--- a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js
+++ b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 require('../common');
 
+const { inspect } = require('util');
+
 class FoobarError extends Error {
   status = 'Feeling good';
 }
@@ -15,7 +17,15 @@ process.nextTick(() => {
   const error = new RangeError('New Stack Frames', { cause: cause2 });
   const error2 = new RangeError('New Stack Frames', { cause: cause3 });
 
-  console.log(error);
-  console.log(cause3);
-  console.log(error2);
+  inspect.defaultOptions.colors = true;
+
+  console.log(inspect(error));
+  console.log(inspect(cause3));
+  console.log(inspect(error2));
+
+  inspect.defaultOptions.colors = false;
+
+  console.log(inspect(error));
+  console.log(inspect(cause3));
+  console.log(inspect(error2));
 });
diff --git a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out
index 1931ae822e60ec..bd8673ae25c031 100644
--- a/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out
+++ b/test/message/util-inspect-error-cause.out
@@ -1,3 +1,71 @@
+RangeError: New Stack Frames
+    at *
+*[90m    at *[39m {
+  [cause]: FoobarError: Individual message
+      at *
+  *[90m    at *[39m
+  *[90m    ... 4 lines matching cause stack trace ...*[39m
+  *[90m    at *[39m {
+    status: *[32m'Feeling good'*[39m,
+    extraProperties: *[32m'Yes!'*[39m,
+    [cause]: TypeError: Inner error
+        at *
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+  }
+}
+Error: Stack causes
+    at *
+*[90m    at *[39m
+*[90m    ... 4 lines matching cause stack trace ...*[39m
+*[90m    at *[39m {
+  [cause]: FoobarError: Individual message
+      at *
+  *[90m    at *[39m
+  *[90m    ... 4 lines matching cause stack trace ...*[39m
+  *[90m    at *[39m {
+    status: *[32m'Feeling good'*[39m,
+    extraProperties: *[32m'Yes!'*[39m,
+    [cause]: TypeError: Inner error
+        at *
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+  }
+}
+RangeError: New Stack Frames
+    at *
+*[90m    at *[39m {
+  [cause]: Error: Stack causes
+      at *
+  *[90m    at *[39m
+  *[90m    ... 4 lines matching cause stack trace ...*[39m
+  *[90m    at *[39m {
+    [cause]: FoobarError: Individual message
+        at *
+    *[90m    at *[39m
+    *[90m    ... 4 lines matching cause stack trace ...*[39m
+    *[90m    at *[39m {
+      status: *[32m'Feeling good'*[39m,
+      extraProperties: *[32m'Yes!'*[39m,
+      [cause]: TypeError: Inner error
+          at *
+      *[90m    at *[39m
+      *[90m    at *[39m
+      *[90m    at *[39m
+      *[90m    at *[39m
+      *[90m    at *[39m
+      *[90m    at *[39m
+    }
+  }
+}
 RangeError: New Stack Frames
     at *
     at * {