diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8096b896b3c06..0b5f0caa03e38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ## v1.27.0 - Unreleased
 
 - [plugin] moved `WebviewViewResolveContext` from `window` to `root` namespace [#11216](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/11216) - Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics
+- [plugin] Add support for property `color` of `ThemeIcon`. [#11243](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/11243) - Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics
 
 <a name="breaking_changes_1.27.0">[Breaking Changes:](#breaking_changes_1.27.0)</a>
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/common/plugin-api-rpc.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/common/plugin-api-rpc.ts
index 40670441412c3..be6f6d66e4c01 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/common/plugin-api-rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/common/plugin-api-rpc.ts
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ export interface TreeViewItem {
     icon?: string;
     iconUrl?: IconUrl;
 
-    themeIconId?: string;
+    themeIcon?: ThemeIcon;
 
     resourceUri?: UriComponents;
 
@@ -1077,6 +1077,11 @@ export interface ThemeColor {
     id: string;
 }
 
+export interface ThemeIcon {
+    id: string;
+    color?: ThemeColor;
+}
+
 /**
  * Describes the behavior of decorations when typing/editing near their edges.
  */
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-tree-view-node-label-provider.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-tree-view-node-label-provider.ts
index 0ecd1b9310f77..1090f48501596 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-tree-view-node-label-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/plugin-tree-view-node-label-provider.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class PluginTreeViewNodeLabelProvider implements LabelProviderContributio
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     canHandle(element: TreeViewNode | any): number {
-        if (TreeNode.is(element) && ('resourceUri' in element || 'themeIconId' in element)) {
+        if (TreeNode.is(element) && ('resourceUri' in element || 'themeIcon' in element)) {
             return this.treeLabelProvider.canHandle(element) + 1;
         }
         return 0;
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ export class PluginTreeViewNodeLabelProvider implements LabelProviderContributio
         if (node.icon) {
             return node.icon;
         }
-        if (node.themeIconId) {
-            if (node.themeIconId === 'file' || node.themeIconId === 'folder') {
+        if (node.themeIcon) {
+            if (node.themeIcon.id === 'file' || node.themeIcon.id === 'folder') {
                 const uri = node.resourceUri && new URI(node.resourceUri) || undefined;
-                return this.labelProvider.getIcon(URIIconReference.create(node.themeIconId, uri));
+                if (uri) {
+                    return this.labelProvider.getIcon(URIIconReference.create(node.themeIcon.id, uri));
+                }
             }
-            return ThemeIcon.asClassName({ id: node.themeIconId });
+            return ThemeIcon.asClassName(node.themeIcon);
         }
         if (node.resourceUri) {
             return this.labelProvider.getIcon(new URI(node.resourceUri));
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/tree-view-widget.tsx b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/tree-view-widget.tsx
index fe3b749a20bd7..d1f7fa522edce 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/tree-view-widget.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/view/tree-view-widget.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { URI } from '@theia/core/shared/vscode-uri';
 import { injectable, inject, postConstruct } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
-import { TreeViewsExt, TreeViewItemCollapsibleState, TreeViewItem, TreeViewSelection } from '../../../common/plugin-api-rpc';
+import { TreeViewsExt, TreeViewItemCollapsibleState, TreeViewItem, TreeViewSelection, ThemeIcon } from '../../../common/plugin-api-rpc';
 import { Command } from '../../../common/plugin-api-rpc-model';
 import {
     TreeNode,
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import * as markdownit from '@theia/core/shared/markdown-it';
 import { MarkdownString } from '@theia/core/lib/common/markdown-rendering';
 import { LabelParser } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/label-parser';
 import { AccessibilityInformation } from '@theia/plugin';
+import { ColorRegistry } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/color-registry';
 
 export const TREE_NODE_HYPERLINK = 'theia-TreeNodeHyperlink';
 export const VIEW_ITEM_CONTEXT_MENU: MenuPath = ['view-item-context-menu'];
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export interface TreeViewNode extends SelectableTreeNode {
     contextValue?: string;
     command?: Command;
     resourceUri?: string;
-    themeIconId?: string | 'folder' | 'file';
+    themeIcon?: ThemeIcon;
     tooltip?: string;
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     description?: string | boolean | any;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export interface TreeViewNode extends SelectableTreeNode {
 }
 export namespace TreeViewNode {
     export function is(arg: TreeNode | undefined): arg is TreeViewNode {
-        return !!arg && SelectableTreeNode.is(arg) && !ExpandableTreeNode.is(arg) && !CompositeTreeNode.is(arg);
+        return !!arg && SelectableTreeNode.is(arg);
     }
 }
 
@@ -151,12 +152,12 @@ export class PluginTree extends TreeImpl {
     protected createTreeNode(item: TreeViewItem, parent: CompositeTreeNode): TreeNode {
         const icon = this.toIconClass(item);
         const resourceUri = item.resourceUri && URI.revive(item.resourceUri).toString();
-        const themeIconId = item.themeIconId ? item.themeIconId : item.collapsibleState !== TreeViewItemCollapsibleState.None ? 'folder' : 'file';
+        const themeIcon = item.themeIcon ? item.themeIcon : item.collapsibleState !== TreeViewItemCollapsibleState.None ? { id: 'folder' } : { id: 'file' };
         const update: Partial<TreeViewNode> = {
             name: item.label,
             icon,
             description: item.description,
-            themeIconId,
+            themeIcon,
             resourceUri,
             tooltip: item.tooltip,
             contextValue: item.contextValue,
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ export class PluginTree extends TreeImpl {
                 command: item.command
             }, update);
         }
-        if (TreeViewNode.is(node)) {
+        if (TreeViewNode.is(node) && !ExpandableTreeNode.is(node)) {
             return Object.assign(node, update, { command: item.command });
         }
         return Object.assign({
@@ -257,6 +258,9 @@ export class TreeViewWidget extends TreeViewWelcomeWidget {
     @inject(LabelParser)
     protected readonly labelParser: LabelParser;
 
+    @inject(ColorRegistry)
+    protected readonly colorRegistry: ColorRegistry;
+
     protected readonly markdownIt = markdownit();
 
     @postConstruct()
@@ -286,7 +290,14 @@ export class TreeViewWidget extends TreeViewWelcomeWidget {
     protected override renderIcon(node: TreeNode, props: NodeProps): React.ReactNode {
         const icon = this.toNodeIcon(node);
         if (icon) {
-            return <div className={icon + ' theia-tree-view-icon'}></div>;
+            let style: React.CSSProperties | undefined;
+            if (TreeViewNode.is(node) && node.themeIcon?.color) {
+                const color = this.colorRegistry.getCurrentColor(node.themeIcon.color.id);
+                if (color) {
+                    style = { color };
+                }
+            }
+            return <div className={icon + ' theia-tree-view-icon'} style={style}></div>;
         }
         return undefined;
     }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/tree/tree-views.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/tree/tree-views.ts
index 700b3dc3cd4ab..325492fc8019f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/tree/tree-views.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/tree/tree-views.ts
@@ -366,12 +366,12 @@ class TreeViewExtImpl<T> implements Disposable {
 
                 let icon;
                 let iconUrl;
-                let themeIconId;
+                let themeIcon;
                 const { iconPath } = treeItem;
                 if (typeof iconPath === 'string' && iconPath.indexOf('fa-') !== -1) {
                     icon = iconPath;
                 } else if (ThemeIcon.is(iconPath)) {
-                    themeIconId = iconPath.id;
+                    themeIcon = iconPath;
                 } else {
                     iconUrl = PluginIconPath.toUrl(<PluginIconPath | undefined>iconPath, this.plugin);
                 }
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class TreeViewExtImpl<T> implements Disposable {
                     label,
                     icon,
                     iconUrl,
-                    themeIconId,
+                    themeIcon,
                     description: treeItem.description,
                     resourceUri: treeItem.resourceUri,
                     tooltip: treeItem.tooltip,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts
index b4cdab5090ad4..6108ebf44c982 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ export class ThemeIcon {
 
     static readonly Folder: ThemeIcon = new ThemeIcon('folder');
 
-    private constructor(public id: string) {
+    private constructor(public id: string, public color?: ThemeColor) {
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts b/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
index 802364d6bfc79..28a1c2fcd8786 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/theia.d.ts
@@ -2652,7 +2652,22 @@ export module '@theia/plugin' {
          */
         static readonly Folder: ThemeIcon;
 
-        private constructor(public id: string);
+        /**
+         * The id of the icon. The available icons are listed in https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/icons-in-labels#icon-listing.
+         */
+        readonly id: string;
+
+        /**
+         * The optional ThemeColor of the icon. The color is currently only used in {@link TreeItem}.
+         */
+        readonly color?: ThemeColor | undefined;
+
+        /**
+         * Creates a reference to a theme icon.
+         * @param id id of the icon. The available icons are listed in https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/icons-in-labels#icon-listing.
+         * @param color optional `ThemeColor` for the icon. The color is currently only used in {@link TreeItem}.
+         */
+        private constructor(public id: string, public color?: ThemeColor);
     }
 
     /**