diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index 8b270d4..6e988f8 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -3857,6 +3857,7 @@ display_help() {
     echo "                              Will rebuild all relations to given service"
     echo "  --add-compose-content, -Y YAML"
     echo "                              Will merge some direct YAML with the current compose"
+    echo "  -c, --color                 Force color mode (default is to detect if in tty mode)"
 
     get_docker_compose_opts_help | remove_options_in_option_help_msg --version --help --verbose |
         filter_docker_compose_help_message
@@ -4094,6 +4095,7 @@ action=
 stage="main"  ## switches from 'main', to 'action', 'remainder'
 is_docker_compose_action=
 rebuild_relations_to_service=()
+color=
 declare -A without_relations
 DC_MATCH_MULTI=$(get_docker_compose_multi_opts_list) &&
     DC_MATCH_SINGLE=$(get_docker_compose_single_opts_list) || exit 1
@@ -4134,6 +4136,23 @@ while read-0 arg; do
                     compose_opts+=("--project-name $value")
                     shift
                     ;;
+                --color|-c)
+                    if [ "$color" == "0" ]; then
+                        err "Conflicting option --color with previous --no-ansi."
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                    color=1
+                    ansi_color yes
+                    ;;
+                --no-ansi)
+                    if [ "$color" == "1" ]; then
+                        err "Conflicting option --no-ansi with previous --color."
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                    color=0
+                    ansi_color no
+                    compose_opts+=("--no-ansi")
+                    ;;
                 --no-relations)
                     export no_relations=true
                     ;;