diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b67c1e28618..b68d3035d094 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 - `[jest-haste-map]` [**BREAKING**] Recover files correctly after haste name collisions are fixed ([#7329](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7329))
 - `[pretty-format]` [**BREAKING**] Omit non-enumerable symbol properties ([#7448](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7448))
 - `[*]` [**BREAKING**] Upgrade to Babel 7, dropping support for Babel 6 ([#7016](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7016))
+- `[jest-runner/jest-worker]` Fix missing console output in verbose mode ([#6871](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6871))
 - `[expect]` Standardize file naming in `expect` ([#7306](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7306))
 - `[jest-each]` Add empty array validation check ([#7249](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7249))
 - `[jest-cli]` Interrupt tests if interactive watch plugin key is pressed ([#7222](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7222))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bdae6d287631..6c220bedaed0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@
       "packages/*",
       "website",
       "examples/*"
-    ],
-    "nohoist": [
-      "**/react-native",
-      "**/react-native/**",
-      "examples/react-native/**"
     ]
   },
   "prettier": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js
index be967a47fa2a..2488a7870602 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js
@@ -97,11 +97,14 @@ class TestRunner {
     // $FlowFixMe: class object is augmented with worker when instantiating.
     const worker: WorkerInterface = new Worker(TEST_WORKER_PATH, {
       exposedMethods: ['worker'],
-      forkOptions: {stdio: 'inherit'},
+      forkOptions: {stdio: 'pipe'},
       maxRetries: 3,
       numWorkers: this._globalConfig.maxWorkers,
     });
 
+    if (worker.getStdout()) worker.getStdout().pipe(process.stdout);
+    if (worker.getStderr()) worker.getStderr().pipe(process.stderr);
+
     const mutex = throat(this._globalConfig.maxWorkers);
 
     // Send test suites to workers continuously instead of all at once to track
diff --git a/packages/jest-worker/package.json b/packages/jest-worker/package.json
index 5506a0d7160e..aa0348a9bc38 100644
--- a/packages/jest-worker/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-worker/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "merge-stream": "^1.0.1"
+    "merge-stream": "^1.0.1",
+    "supports-color": "^5.5.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 6"
diff --git a/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/ChildProcessWorker.js b/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/ChildProcessWorker.js
index ddff2ad348b3..4a49eab59fe6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/ChildProcessWorker.js
+++ b/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/ChildProcessWorker.js
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import type {Readable} from 'stream';
 
 import type {ChildMessage, OnEnd, OnStart, WorkerOptions} from '../types';
 
+import supportsColor from 'supports-color';
+
 /**
  * This class wraps the child process and provides a nice interface to
  * communicate with. It takes care of:
@@ -54,15 +56,21 @@ export default class ChildProcessWorker implements WorkerInterface {
   }
 
   initialize() {
+    const forceColor = supportsColor.stdout ? {FORCE_COLOR: '1'} : {};
     const child = childProcess.fork(
       require.resolve('./processChild'),
       // $FlowFixMe: Flow does not work well with Object.assign.
       Object.assign(
         {
           cwd: process.cwd(),
-          env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
-            JEST_WORKER_ID: this._options.workerId,
-          }),
+          env: Object.assign(
+            {},
+            process.env,
+            {
+              JEST_WORKER_ID: this._options.workerId,
+            },
+            forceColor,
+          ),
           // Suppress --debug / --inspect flags while preserving others (like --harmony).
           execArgv: process.execArgv.filter(v => !/^--(debug|inspect)/.test(v)),
           silent: true,
diff --git a/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/__tests__/ChildProcessWorker.test.js b/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/__tests__/ChildProcessWorker.test.js
index 5e328bb666f0..6ec956e90fd6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/__tests__/ChildProcessWorker.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-worker/src/workers/__tests__/ChildProcessWorker.test.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-new */
 
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
+import supportsColor from 'supports-color';
 
 import {
   CHILD_MESSAGE_CALL,
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ it('passes fork options down to child_process.fork, adding the defaults', () =>
   expect(childProcess.fork.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(child);
   expect(childProcess.fork.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual({
     cwd: '/tmp', // Overridden default option.
-    env: process.env, // Default option.
+    env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
+      FORCE_COLOR: supportsColor.stdout ? '1' : undefined,
+    }), // Default option.
     execArgv: ['-p'], // Filtered option.
     execPath: 'hello', // Added option.
     silent: true, // Default option.