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@@ -627,6 +627,15 @@ After all tests across all Cypress instances finish, kill the Xvfb background pr
 pkill Xvfb
 ```
 
+## Colors
+
+If you want colors to be disabled, you can pass the `NO_COLOR` environment variable to disable colors. You may want to do this if ASCII characters or colors are not properly formatted in your CI.
+
+```shell
+NO_COLOR=1 cypress run
+```
+
+
 # See also
 
 - {% url cypress-example-kitchensink https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-example-kitchensink#ci-status %} is set up to run on multiple CI providers.