diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index f20577f8bc66af..6640f7597c8128 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -674,15 +674,31 @@ const fatalExceptionStackEnhancers = {
   },
   afterInspector(error) {
     const originalStack = error.stack;
+    let useColors = true;
+    // Some consoles do not convert ANSI escape sequences to colors,
+    // rather display them directly to the stdout. On those consoles,
+    // libuv emulates colors by intercepting stdout stream and calling
+    // corresponding Windows API functions for setting console colors.
+    // However, fatal error are handled differently and we cannot easily
+    // highlight them. On Windows, detecting whether a console supports
+    // ANSI escape sequences is not reliable.
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      const info = internalBinding('os').getOSInformation();
+      const ver = info[2].split('.').map((a) => +a);
+      if (ver[0] !== 10 || ver[2] < 14393) {
+        useColors = false;
+      }
+    }
     const {
       inspect,
       inspectDefaultOptions: {
         colors: defaultColors
       }
     } = lazyInternalUtilInspect();
-    const colors = (internalBinding('util').guessHandleType(2) === 'TTY' &&
+    const colors = useColors &&
+                   ((internalBinding('util').guessHandleType(2) === 'TTY' &&
                    require('internal/tty').hasColors()) ||
-                   defaultColors;
+                   defaultColors);
     try {
       return inspect(error, { colors });
     } catch {