diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8042687ffc9..c319aaff8217 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
   ([#5826](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5826))
 * `[jest-cli]` Interactive Snapshot Mode improvements
   ([#5864](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5864))
+  * `[jest-editor-support]` Add `no-color` option to runner
+  ([#5909](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5909))
+
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-editor-support/index.d.ts b/packages/jest-editor-support/index.d.ts
index 68891c7988f6..67230c116415 100644
--- a/packages/jest-editor-support/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-editor-support/index.d.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface Options {
     args: string[],
     options?: SpawnOptions,
   ): ChildProcess;
+  noColor?: boolean;
   testNamePattern?: string;
   testFileNamePattern?: string;
   shell?: boolean;
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ export interface SnapshotMetadata {
   exists: boolean;
   name: string;
   node: {
-    loc: Node
+    loc: Node;
   };
   content?: string;
 }
@@ -179,4 +180,4 @@ export interface SnapshotMetadata {
 export class Snapshot {
   constructor(parser: any, customMatchers?: string[]);
   getMetadata(filepath: string): SnapshotMetadata[];
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js
index c51e08adb4b7..2f7e571da6ec 100644
--- a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js
+++ b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/Runner.js
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ export default class Runner extends EventEmitter {
     if (this.options.coverage === false) {
       args.push('--no-coverage');
     }
+    if (this.options.noColor === true) {
+      args.push('--no-color');
+    }
 
     const options = {
       shell: this.options.shell,
diff --git a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js
index 22e618809c87..3a8f59bca457 100644
--- a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/__tests__/runner.test.js
@@ -251,6 +251,17 @@ describe('Runner', () => {
 
       expect((createProcess: any).mock.calls[0][2]).toEqual({shell: true});
     });
+
+    it('calls createProcess with the no color option when provided', () => {
+      const expected = '--no-color';
+
+      const workspace: any = {};
+      const options = {noColor: true};
+      const sut = new Runner(workspace, options);
+      sut.start(false);
+
+      expect((createProcess: any).mock.calls[0][1]).toContain(expected);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('closeProcess', () => {
diff --git a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js
index e8708eb2133f..99d506a1aec2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js
+++ b/packages/jest-editor-support/src/types.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export type Options = {
     args: Array<string>,
     options?: SpawnOptions,
   ) => ChildProcess,
+  noColor?: boolean,
   testNamePattern?: string,
   testFileNamePattern?: string,
   shell?: boolean,