diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 9ed2097d07..3df0789df1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Other enhancements:
   non-project-specific yaml configuration parameter, allows a stack user to
   redefine the default styles that stack uses to color some of its output. See
   `stack --help` for more information.
+* British English spelling of 'color' (colour) accepted as an alias for
+  `--color`, `--stack-colors`, `stack ls stack-colors` at the command line and
+  for `color:` and `stack-colors:` in yaml configuration files.
 * New build option `--ddump-dir`. (See [#4225](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/4225))
 * Stack parses and respects the `preferred-versions` information from
   Hackage for choosing latest version of a package in some cases,
diff --git a/doc/yaml_configuration.md b/doc/yaml_configuration.md
index 10b380c5ce..eba975a401 100644
--- a/doc/yaml_configuration.md
+++ b/doc/yaml_configuration.md
@@ -955,6 +955,9 @@ The color use can also be set at the command line using the equivalent
 `--color=<WHEN>` global option. Color use set at the command line takes
 precedence over that set in a yaml configuration file.
 
+(The British English spelling (colour) is also accepted. In yaml configuration
+files, the American spelling is the alternative that has priority.)
+
 ### stack-colors
 
 Stack uses styles to format some of its output. The default styles do not work
@@ -983,4 +986,9 @@ terminal theme might wish to set the styles as follows:
 ```yaml
 stack-colors: error=31:good=32:shell=35:dir=34:recommendation=32:target=95:module=35:package-component=95
 ```
-The styles can also be set at the command line using the equivalent `--stack-colors=<STYLES>` global option. Styles set at the command line take precedence over those set in a yaml configuration file.
+The styles can also be set at the command line using the equivalent `--stack-colors=<STYLES>`
+global option. Styles set at the command line take precedence over those set in
+a yaml configuration file.
+
+(The British English spelling (colour) is also accepted. In yaml configuration
+files, the American spelling is the alternative that has priority.)
diff --git a/src/Stack/Ls.hs b/src/Stack/Ls.hs
index 0f9405555f..4694db5640 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Ls.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Ls.hs
@@ -132,7 +132,14 @@ lsStylesCmd :: OA.Mod OA.CommandFields LsCmds
 lsStylesCmd =
     OA.command
         "stack-colors"
-        (OA.info lsStylesOptsParser (OA.progDesc "View stack's output styles"))
+        (OA.info lsStylesOptsParser
+                 (OA.progDesc "View stack's output styles"))
+    <>
+    OA.command
+        "stack-colours"
+        (OA.info lsStylesOptsParser
+                 (OA.progDesc "View stack's output styles (alias for \
+                              \'stack-colors')"))
 
 data Snapshot = Snapshot
     { snapId :: Text
diff --git a/src/Stack/Options/ConfigParser.hs b/src/Stack/Options/ConfigParser.hs
index 36ef92ad45..5270784336 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Options/ConfigParser.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Options/ConfigParser.hs
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ configOptsParser currentDir hide0 =
              hide)
     <*> optionalFirst (option readColorWhen
              ( long "color"
+            <> long "colour"
             <> metavar "WHEN"
             <> completeWith ["always", "never", "auto"]
             <> help "Specify when to use color in output; WHEN is 'always', \
diff --git a/src/Stack/Options/GlobalParser.hs b/src/Stack/Options/GlobalParser.hs
index 997fbcdfe7..19c8ed7c4d 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Options/GlobalParser.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Options/GlobalParser.hs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ globalOptsParser currentDir kind defLogLevel =
         hide <*>
     option readStyles
          (long "stack-colors" <>
+          long "stack-colours" <>
           metavar "STYLES" <>
           value mempty <>
           help "Specify stack's output styles; STYLES is a colon-delimited \
diff --git a/src/Stack/Types/Config.hs b/src/Stack/Types/Config.hs
index 4dced8f446..245c11d496 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Types/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Types/Config.hs
@@ -854,8 +854,16 @@ parseConfigMonoidObject rootDir obj = do
     configMonoidDumpLogs <- First <$> obj ..:? configMonoidDumpLogsName
     configMonoidSaveHackageCreds <- First <$> obj ..:? configMonoidSaveHackageCredsName
     configMonoidHackageBaseUrl <- First <$> obj ..:? configMonoidHackageBaseUrlName
-    configMonoidColorWhen <- First <$> obj ..:? configMonoidColorWhenName
-    configMonoidStyles <- fromMaybe mempty <$> obj ..:? configMonoidStylesName
+
+    configMonoidColorWhenUS <- obj ..:? configMonoidColorWhenUSName
+    configMonoidColorWhenGB <- obj ..:? configMonoidColorWhenGBName
+    let configMonoidColorWhen =  First $   configMonoidColorWhenUS
+                                       <|> configMonoidColorWhenGB
+
+    configMonoidStylesUS <- obj ..:? configMonoidStylesUSName
+    configMonoidStylesGB <- obj ..:? configMonoidStylesGBName
+    let configMonoidStyles = fromMaybe mempty $   configMonoidStylesUS
+                                              <|> configMonoidStylesGB
 
     return ConfigMonoid {..}
   where
@@ -998,11 +1006,17 @@ configMonoidSaveHackageCredsName = "save-hackage-creds"
 configMonoidHackageBaseUrlName :: Text
 configMonoidHackageBaseUrlName = "hackage-base-url"
 
-configMonoidColorWhenName :: Text
-configMonoidColorWhenName = "color"
+configMonoidColorWhenUSName :: Text
+configMonoidColorWhenUSName = "color"
+
+configMonoidColorWhenGBName :: Text
+configMonoidColorWhenGBName = "colour"
+
+configMonoidStylesUSName :: Text
+configMonoidStylesUSName = "stack-colors"
 
-configMonoidStylesName :: Text
-configMonoidStylesName = "stack-colors"
+configMonoidStylesGBName :: Text
+configMonoidStylesGBName = "stack-colours"
 
 data ConfigException
   = ParseConfigFileException (Path Abs File) ParseException