diff --git a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs
index b83d9e63d3e49..b8813ea4125fe 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs
@@ -43,19 +43,14 @@ const DEFAULT_COLUMN_WIDTH: usize = 140;
 /// Describes the way the content of the `rendered` field of the json output is generated
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum HumanReadableErrorType {
-    Default(ColorConfig),
-    AnnotateSnippet(ColorConfig),
-    Short(ColorConfig),
+    Default,
+    AnnotateSnippet,
+    Short,
 }
 
 impl HumanReadableErrorType {
-    /// Returns a (`short`, `color`) tuple
-    pub fn unzip(self) -> (bool, ColorConfig) {
-        match self {
-            HumanReadableErrorType::Default(cc) => (false, cc),
-            HumanReadableErrorType::Short(cc) => (true, cc),
-            HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet(cc) => (false, cc),
-        }
+    pub fn short(&self) -> bool {
+        *self == HumanReadableErrorType::Short
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json.rs b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json.rs
index 42a28bc789013..32e59f9ab036a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ pub struct JsonEmitter {
     ignored_directories_in_source_blocks: Vec<String>,
     #[setters(skip)]
     json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType,
+    color_config: ColorConfig,
     diagnostic_width: Option<usize>,
     macro_backtrace: bool,
     track_diagnostics: bool,
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ impl JsonEmitter {
         fallback_bundle: LazyFallbackBundle,
         pretty: bool,
         json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType,
+        color_config: ColorConfig,
     ) -> JsonEmitter {
         JsonEmitter {
             dst: IntoDynSyncSend(dst),
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ impl JsonEmitter {
             ui_testing: false,
             ignored_directories_in_source_blocks: Vec::new(),
             json_rendered,
+            color_config,
             diagnostic_width: None,
             macro_backtrace: false,
             track_diagnostics: false,
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ impl Emitter for JsonEmitter {
     }
 
     fn should_show_explain(&self) -> bool {
-        !matches!(self.json_rendered, HumanReadableErrorType::Short(_))
+        !self.json_rendered.short()
     }
 }
 
@@ -353,8 +356,8 @@ impl Diagnostic {
 
         let buf = BufWriter::default();
         let mut dst: Destination = Box::new(buf.clone());
-        let (short, color_config) = je.json_rendered.unzip();
-        match color_config {
+        let short = je.json_rendered.short();
+        match je.color_config {
             ColorConfig::Always | ColorConfig::Auto => dst = Box::new(termcolor::Ansi::new(dst)),
             ColorConfig::Never => {}
         }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json/tests.rs
index e3549fc3aa537..6af376d7afdb2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_errors/src/json/tests.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ fn test_positions(code: &str, span: (u32, u32), expected_output: SpanTestData) {
             sm,
             fallback_bundle,
             true, // pretty
-            HumanReadableErrorType::Short(ColorConfig::Never),
+            HumanReadableErrorType::Short,
+            ColorConfig::Never,
         );
 
         let span = Span::with_root_ctxt(BytePos(span.0), BytePos(span.1));
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
index ce3b2f77f210a..34f2dca7c42ff 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ fn test_search_paths_tracking_hash_different_order() {
     let early_dcx = EarlyDiagCtxt::new(JSON);
     const JSON: ErrorOutputType = ErrorOutputType::Json {
         pretty: false,
-        json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType::Default(ColorConfig::Never),
+        json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType::Default,
+        color_config: ColorConfig::Never,
     };
 
     let push = |opts: &mut Options, search_path| {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
index 20c14a985024c..95d171409d86d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ impl OutputType {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ErrorOutputType {
     /// Output meant for the consumption of humans.
-    HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType),
+    HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType, ColorConfig),
     /// Output that's consumed by other tools such as `rustfix` or the `RLS`.
     Json {
         /// Render the JSON in a human readable way (with indents and newlines).
@@ -610,12 +610,13 @@ pub enum ErrorOutputType {
         /// The JSON output includes a `rendered` field that includes the rendered
         /// human output.
         json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType,
+        color_config: ColorConfig,
     },
 }
 
 impl Default for ErrorOutputType {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default(ColorConfig::Auto))
+        Self::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default, ColorConfig::Auto)
     }
 }
 
@@ -1631,6 +1632,7 @@ pub fn parse_color(early_dcx: &EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::Matches) -> Col
 /// Possible json config files
 pub struct JsonConfig {
     pub json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType,
+    pub json_color: ColorConfig,
     json_artifact_notifications: bool,
     pub json_unused_externs: JsonUnusedExterns,
     json_future_incompat: bool,
@@ -1668,8 +1670,7 @@ impl JsonUnusedExterns {
 /// The first value returned is how to render JSON diagnostics, and the second
 /// is whether or not artifact notifications are enabled.
 pub fn parse_json(early_dcx: &EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::Matches) -> JsonConfig {
-    let mut json_rendered: fn(ColorConfig) -> HumanReadableErrorType =
-        HumanReadableErrorType::Default;
+    let mut json_rendered = HumanReadableErrorType::Default;
     let mut json_color = ColorConfig::Never;
     let mut json_artifact_notifications = false;
     let mut json_unused_externs = JsonUnusedExterns::No;
@@ -1696,7 +1697,8 @@ pub fn parse_json(early_dcx: &EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::Matches) -> Json
     }
 
     JsonConfig {
-        json_rendered: json_rendered(json_color),
+        json_rendered,
+        json_color,
         json_artifact_notifications,
         json_unused_externs,
         json_future_incompat,
@@ -1708,6 +1710,7 @@ pub fn parse_error_format(
     early_dcx: &mut EarlyDiagCtxt,
     matches: &getopts::Matches,
     color: ColorConfig,
+    json_color: ColorConfig,
     json_rendered: HumanReadableErrorType,
 ) -> ErrorOutputType {
     // We need the `opts_present` check because the driver will send us Matches
@@ -1717,18 +1720,22 @@ pub fn parse_error_format(
     let error_format = if matches.opts_present(&["error-format".to_owned()]) {
         match matches.opt_str("error-format").as_deref() {
             None | Some("human") => {
-                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default(color))
+                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default, color)
             }
             Some("human-annotate-rs") => {
-                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet(color))
+                ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet, color)
             }
-            Some("json") => ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: false, json_rendered },
-            Some("pretty-json") => ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: true, json_rendered },
-            Some("short") => ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Short(color)),
-
+            Some("json") => {
+                ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: false, json_rendered, color_config: json_color }
+            }
+            Some("pretty-json") => {
+                ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: true, json_rendered, color_config: json_color }
+            }
+            Some("short") => ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Short, color),
             Some(arg) => {
                 early_dcx.abort_if_error_and_set_error_format(ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(
-                    HumanReadableErrorType::Default(color),
+                    HumanReadableErrorType::Default,
+                    color,
                 ));
                 early_dcx.early_fatal(format!(
                     "argument for `--error-format` must be `human`, `json` or \
@@ -1737,7 +1744,7 @@ pub fn parse_error_format(
             }
         }
     } else {
-        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default(color))
+        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Default, color)
     };
 
     match error_format {
@@ -1791,7 +1798,7 @@ fn check_error_format_stability(
         if let ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty: true, .. } = error_format {
             early_dcx.early_fatal("`--error-format=pretty-json` is unstable");
         }
-        if let ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet(_)) =
+        if let ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet, _) =
             error_format
         {
             early_dcx.early_fatal("`--error-format=human-annotate-rs` is unstable");
@@ -2392,12 +2399,13 @@ pub fn build_session_options(early_dcx: &mut EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::M
 
     let JsonConfig {
         json_rendered,
+        json_color,
         json_artifact_notifications,
         json_unused_externs,
         json_future_incompat,
     } = parse_json(early_dcx, matches);
 
-    let error_format = parse_error_format(early_dcx, matches, color, json_rendered);
+    let error_format = parse_error_format(early_dcx, matches, color, json_color, json_rendered);
 
     early_dcx.abort_if_error_and_set_error_format(error_format);
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
index be67baf57f6dc..672dddf871e02 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs
@@ -950,10 +950,10 @@ fn default_emitter(
         t => t,
     };
     match sopts.error_format {
-        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind) => {
-            let (short, color_config) = kind.unzip();
+        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) => {
+            let short = kind.short();
 
-            if let HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet(_) = kind {
+            if let HumanReadableErrorType::AnnotateSnippet = kind {
                 let emitter = AnnotateSnippetEmitter::new(
                     Some(source_map),
                     bundle,
@@ -978,13 +978,14 @@ fn default_emitter(
                 Box::new(emitter.ui_testing(sopts.unstable_opts.ui_testing))
             }
         }
-        config::ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty, json_rendered } => Box::new(
+        config::ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty, json_rendered, color_config } => Box::new(
             JsonEmitter::new(
                 Box::new(io::BufWriter::new(io::stderr())),
                 source_map,
                 fallback_bundle,
                 pretty,
                 json_rendered,
+                color_config,
             )
             .registry(Some(registry))
             .fluent_bundle(bundle)
@@ -1425,20 +1426,23 @@ fn mk_emitter(output: ErrorOutputType) -> Box<DynEmitter> {
     let fallback_bundle =
         fallback_fluent_bundle(vec![rustc_errors::DEFAULT_LOCALE_RESOURCE], false);
     let emitter: Box<DynEmitter> = match output {
-        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind) => {
-            let (short, color_config) = kind.unzip();
+        config::ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) => {
+            let short = kind.short();
             Box::new(
                 HumanEmitter::new(stderr_destination(color_config), fallback_bundle)
                     .short_message(short),
             )
         }
-        config::ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty, json_rendered } => Box::new(JsonEmitter::new(
-            Box::new(io::BufWriter::new(io::stderr())),
-            Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty())),
-            fallback_bundle,
-            pretty,
-            json_rendered,
-        )),
+        config::ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty, json_rendered, color_config } => {
+            Box::new(JsonEmitter::new(
+                Box::new(io::BufWriter::new(io::stderr())),
+                Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty())),
+                fallback_bundle,
+                pretty,
+                json_rendered,
+                color_config,
+            ))
+        }
     };
     emitter
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/config.rs b/src/librustdoc/config.rs
index e4549796b3e83..9c7a9f8467f5a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/config.rs
@@ -362,9 +362,10 @@ impl Options {
         }
 
         let color = config::parse_color(early_dcx, matches);
-        let config::JsonConfig { json_rendered, json_unused_externs, .. } =
+        let config::JsonConfig { json_rendered, json_unused_externs, json_color, .. } =
             config::parse_json(early_dcx, matches);
-        let error_format = config::parse_error_format(early_dcx, matches, color, json_rendered);
+        let error_format =
+            config::parse_error_format(early_dcx, matches, color, json_color, json_rendered);
         let diagnostic_width = matches.opt_get("diagnostic-width").unwrap_or_default();
 
         let codegen_options = CodegenOptions::build(early_dcx, matches);
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/core.rs b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
index fea31e7ecbc9a..08a4a3f3fb264 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/core.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ pub(crate) fn new_dcx(
         false,
     );
     let emitter: Box<DynEmitter> = match error_format {
-        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind) => {
-            let (short, color_config) = kind.unzip();
+        ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) => {
+            let short = kind.short();
             Box::new(
                 HumanEmitter::new(stderr_destination(color_config), fallback_bundle)
                     .sm(source_map.map(|sm| sm as _))
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new_dcx(
                     .ui_testing(unstable_opts.ui_testing),
             )
         }
-        ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty, json_rendered } => {
+        ErrorOutputType::Json { pretty, json_rendered, color_config } => {
             let source_map = source_map.unwrap_or_else(|| {
                 Lrc::new(source_map::SourceMap::new(source_map::FilePathMapping::empty()))
             });
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new_dcx(
                     fallback_bundle,
                     pretty,
                     json_rendered,
+                    color_config,
                 )
                 .ui_testing(unstable_opts.ui_testing)
                 .diagnostic_width(diagnostic_width)
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
index 41eb142dd1e29..08d6a5a52b21a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ fn run_test(
             path_for_rustdoc.to_str().expect("target path must be valid unicode")
         }
     });
-    if let ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind) = rustdoc_options.error_format {
-        let (short, color_config) = kind.unzip();
+    if let ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(kind, color_config) = rustdoc_options.error_format {
+        let short = kind.short();
 
         if short {
             compiler.arg("--error-format").arg("short");