diff --git a/drivers/misc/coresight/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/coresight/Kconfig
index 17741114e849e..997d0c23c0a54 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/coresight/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/coresight/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config NRF_ETR_DECODE
 	select CS_TRACE_DEFMT
 	select LOG_FRONTEND_STMESP_DEMUX
 	select LOG_OUTPUT
+	imply LOG_BACKEND_SHOW_COLOR
 	imply CBPRINTF_FP_SUPPORT
 	help
 	  In this mode, log messages stored by Coresight STM logging frontends are
diff --git a/subsys/logging/Kconfig.formatting b/subsys/logging/Kconfig.formatting
index 58ca9bbeccae3..609b3c4178607 100644
--- a/subsys/logging/Kconfig.formatting
+++ b/subsys/logging/Kconfig.formatting
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ config LOG_IMMEDIATE_CLEAN_OUTPUT
 
 config LOG_BACKEND_SHOW_COLOR
 	bool "Colors in the backend"
-	depends on LOG_BACKEND_UART || LOG_BACKEND_NATIVE_POSIX || LOG_BACKEND_RTT \
+	default y if LOG_BACKEND_UART || LOG_BACKEND_NATIVE_POSIX || LOG_BACKEND_RTT \
 	           || LOG_BACKEND_SWO || LOG_BACKEND_XTENSA_SIM || SHELL_LOG_BACKEND
-	default y
 	help
 	  When enabled selected backend prints errors in red and warning in yellow.