diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/nx/executors/run-commands.json b/docs/generated/packages/nx/executors/run-commands.json
index 783ed814baa76..8131cf287cd5e 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/nx/executors/run-commands.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/nx/executors/run-commands.json
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@
                   "type": "string",
                   "description": "Prefix in front of every line out of the output"
                 },
+                "prefixColor": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "description": "Color of the prefix",
+                  "enum": [
+                    "black",
+                    "red",
+                    "green",
+                    "yellow",
+                    "blue",
+                    "magenta",
+                    "cyan",
+                    "white"
+                  ]
+                },
                 "color": {
                   "type": "string",
                   "description": "Color of the output",
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
index 98520fa7bce78..4df466e46f1f4 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export interface RunCommandsOptions extends Json {
          */
         description?: string;
         prefix?: string;
+        prefixColor?: string;
         color?: string;
         bgColor?: string;
       }
@@ -117,11 +118,13 @@ export default async function (
   }
 
   if (
-    options.commands.find((c: any) => c.prefix || c.color || c.bgColor) &&
+    options.commands.find(
+      (c: any) => c.prefix || c.prefixColor || c.color || c.bgColor
+    ) &&
     !options.parallel
   ) {
     throw new Error(
-      'ERROR: Bad executor config for run-commands - "prefix", "color" and "bgColor" can only be set when "parallel=true".'
+      'ERROR: Bad executor config for run-commands - "prefix", "prefixColor", "color" and "bgColor" can only be set when "parallel=true".'
     );
   }
 
@@ -317,6 +320,7 @@ async function createProcess(
     color?: string;
     bgColor?: string;
     prefix?: string;
+    prefixColor?: string;
   },
   readyWhenStatus: { stringToMatch: string; found: boolean }[] = [],
   color: boolean,
@@ -377,6 +381,7 @@ function nodeProcess(
     color?: string;
     bgColor?: string;
     prefix?: string;
+    prefixColor?: string;
   },
   cwd: string,
   env: Record<string, string>,
@@ -438,6 +443,7 @@ function addColorAndPrefix(
   out: string,
   config: {
     prefix?: string;
+    prefixColor?: string;
     color?: string;
     bgColor?: string;
   }
@@ -445,9 +451,14 @@ function addColorAndPrefix(
   if (config.prefix) {
     out = out
       .split('\n')
-      .map((l) =>
-        l.trim().length > 0 ? `${chalk.bold(config.prefix)} ${l}` : l
-      )
+      .map((l) => {
+        let prefixText = config.prefix;
+        if (config.prefixColor && chalk[config.prefixColor]) {
+          prefixText = chalk[config.prefixColor](prefixText);
+        }
+        prefixText = chalk.bold(prefixText);
+        return l.trim().length > 0 ? `${prefixText} ${l}` : l;
+      })
       .join('\n');
   }
   if (config.color && chalk[config.color]) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/schema.json b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/schema.json
index 1bb23f11872c3..5817d0ae2d665 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/schema.json
+++ b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/schema.json
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@
                 "type": "string",
                 "description": "Prefix in front of every line out of the output"
               },
+              "prefixColor": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "description": "Color of the prefix",
+                "enum": [
+                  "black",
+                  "red",
+                  "green",
+                  "yellow",
+                  "blue",
+                  "magenta",
+                  "cyan",
+                  "white"
+                ]
+              },
               "color": {
                 "type": "string",
                 "description": "Color of the output",