diff --git a/src/Expanders.jl b/src/Expanders.jl
index 6a087a2506d..582f936f941 100644
--- a/src/Expanders.jl
+++ b/src/Expanders.jl
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ function Selectors.runner(::Type{ExampleBlocks}, x, page, doc)
 
     # "parse" keyword arguments to example
     continued = false
-    ansicolor = get(stdout, :color, false)::Bool
+    ansicolor = Base.JLOptions().color != 2 # disable if --color=no
     if kwargs !== nothing
         continued = occursin(r"\bcontinued\s*=\s*true\b", kwargs)
         matched = match(r"\bansicolor\s*=\s*(true|false)\b", kwargs)
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ function Selectors.runner(::Type{REPLBlocks}, x, page, doc)
     mod = Utilities.get_sandbox_module!(page.globals.meta, "atexample", name)
 
     # "parse" keyword arguments to repl
-    ansicolor = get(stdout, :color, false)::Bool
+    ansicolor = Base.JLOptions().color != 2 # disable if --color=no
     if kwargs !== nothing
         matched = match(r"\bansicolor\s*=\s*(true|false)\b", kwargs)
         if matched !== nothing