diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
index d26633f2f..ba982bc05 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ module Vagrant
         define_method(method) { |*args| }
       end
 
+      # @return [false]
+      def color?
+        return false
+      end
+
       # For machine-readable output.
       #
       # @param [String] type The type of the data
@@ -336,6 +341,11 @@ module Vagrant
         white:   37,
       }
 
+      # @return [true]
+      def color?
+        return true
+      end
+
       # This is called by `say` to format the message for output.
       def format_message(type, message, **opts)
         # Get the format of the message before adding color.
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
index b328e13d8..15e915d19 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         # When Ansible output is piped in Vagrant integration, its default colorization is
         # automatically disabled and the only way to re-enable colors is to use ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR.
-        env["ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR"] = "true" if @machine.env.ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::Colored)
+        env["ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR"] = "true" if @machine.env.ui.color?
         # Setting ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR is "unnecessary" at the moment, but this could change in the future
         # (e.g. local provisioner [GH-2103], possible change in vagrant/ansible integration, etc.)
-        env["ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR"] = "true" unless @machine.env.ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::Colored)
+        env["ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR"] = "true" if !@machine.env.ui.color?
 
         # ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS is required for Multiple SSH keys, SSH forwarding and custom SSH settings
         env["ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS"] = ansible_ssh_args unless ansible_ssh_args.empty?
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             " -p #{docker_host_ssh_info[:port]} -i #{docker_host_ssh_info[:private_key_path][0]}"
 
           # Use same options than plugins/providers/docker/communicator.rb
-          # Note: this could be improved (DRY'ed) by sharing these settings. 
+          # Note: this could be improved (DRY'ed) by sharing these settings.
           proxy_cmd += " -o Compression=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
 
           proxy_cmd += " -o ForwardAgent=yes" if @ssh_info[:forward_agent]
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         # Set IdentitiesOnly=yes to avoid authentication errors when the host has more than 5 ssh keys.
         # Notes:
-        #  - Solaris/OpenSolaris/Illumos uses SunSSH which doesn't support the IdentitiesOnly option. 
+        #  - Solaris/OpenSolaris/Illumos uses SunSSH which doesn't support the IdentitiesOnly option.
         #  - this could be improved by sharing logic with lib/vagrant/util/ssh.rb
         ssh_options << "-o IdentitiesOnly=yes" unless Vagrant::Util::Platform.solaris?
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
index aed44eaf0..c7d6aa3a7 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         # This returns the command to run Chef for the given client
         # type.
         def build_command(client)
-          builder = CommandBuilder.new(@config, client, windows?, @machine.env.ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::Colored))
+          builder = CommandBuilder.new(@config, client, windows?, @machine.env.ui.color?)
           return builder.build_command
         end
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index 36b5261f9..05d7d2bd8 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             options << "--hiera_config=#{@hiera_config_path}"
           end
 
-          if !@machine.env.ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::Colored)
+          if !@machine.env.ui.color?
             options << "--color=false"
           end
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb
index ea3a67308..9c9e9e6b7 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet_server.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
 
           # Disable colors if we must
-          if !@machine.env.ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::Colored)
+          if !@machine.env.ui.color?
             options << "--color=false"
           end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/ui_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/ui_test.rb
index b4a7d7d89..e7f2299dd 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/ui_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/ui_test.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ describe Vagrant::UI::Basic do
     end
   end
 
+  context "#color?" do
+    it "returns false" do
+      expect(subject.color?).to be(false)
+    end
+  end
+
   context "#detail" do
     it "outputs details" do
       expect(subject).to receive(:safe_puts).with { |message, **opts|
@@ -95,6 +101,12 @@ end
 describe Vagrant::UI::Colored do
   include_context "unit"
 
+  describe "#color?" do
+    it "returns true" do
+      expect(subject.color?).to be(true)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#detail" do
     it "colors output nothing by default" do
       expect(subject).to receive(:safe_puts).with("\033[0mfoo\033[0m", anything)