diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/ScatterPlot.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/ScatterPlot.js
index 2f0b7da1ca..fc9f9fd1b1 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/ScatterPlot.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/ScatterPlot.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function ScatterPlotImpl(props) {
           left: 50,
         }}
         width={containerWidth}
+        colorType="literal"
         height={200}
       >
         <XAxis
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/index.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/index.js
index 10fb11dc6b..c84cb4c571 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/index.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/SearchTracePage/SearchResults/index.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import reduxFormFieldAdapter from '../../../utils/redux-form-field-adapter';
 
 import type { FetchedTrace } from '../../../types';
 import type { SearchQuery } from '../../../types/search';
+import type { KeyValuePair } from '../../../types/trace';
 
 import './index.css';
 
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ export class UnconnectedSearchResults extends React.PureComponent<SearchResultsP
     }
     const cohortIds = new Set(diffCohort.map(datum => datum.id));
     const searchUrl = queryOfResults ? getUrl(stripEmbeddedState(queryOfResults)) : getUrl();
+    const isErrorTag = ({ key, value }: KeyValuePair) => key === 'error' && (value === true || value === 'true');
     return (
       <div className="SearchResults">
         <div className="SearchResults--header">
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ export class UnconnectedSearchResults extends React.PureComponent<SearchResultsP
                   traceID: t.traceID,
                   size: t.spans.length,
                   name: t.traceName,
+                  color: t.spans.some(sp => sp.tags.some(isErrorTag)) ? "red" : "#12939A",
                 }))}
                 onValueClick={t => {
                   goToTrace(t.traceID);