diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs
index 147555558e..c576fad7b3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs
@@ -545,8 +545,13 @@ fn handle_record(input: CmdInput, mut record: Record) -> ShellResult<PipelineDat
     let span = input.data.span().unwrap_or(input.call.head);
 
     if record.is_empty() {
-        let value =
-            create_empty_placeholder("record", input.cfg.width, input.engine_state, input.stack);
+        let value = create_empty_placeholder(
+            "record",
+            input.cfg.width,
+            input.engine_state,
+            input.stack,
+            input.cfg.use_ansi_coloring,
+        );
         let value = Value::string(value, span);
         return Ok(value.into_pipeline_data());
     };
@@ -898,6 +903,7 @@ impl Iterator for PagingTableCreator {
                     self.table_config.width,
                     &self.engine_state,
                     &self.stack,
+                    self.table_config.use_ansi_coloring,
                 );
                 let mut bytes = result.into_bytes();
                 // Add extra newline if show_empty is enabled
@@ -1084,6 +1090,7 @@ fn create_empty_placeholder(
     termwidth: usize,
     engine_state: &EngineState,
     stack: &Stack,
+    use_ansi_coloring: bool,
 ) -> String {
     let config = stack.get_config(engine_state);
     if !config.table.show_empty {
@@ -1099,9 +1106,10 @@ fn create_empty_placeholder(
     let style_computer = &StyleComputer::from_config(engine_state, stack);
     configure_table(&mut out, &config, style_computer, TableMode::default());
 
-    out.table
+    let ret = out.table
         .draw(termwidth)
-        .expect("Could not create empty table placeholder")
+        .expect("Could not create empty table placeholder");
+    maybe_strip_color(ret, use_ansi_coloring)
 }
 
 fn convert_table_to_output(
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/table.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/table.rs
index 41bd1ec531..bbfe0a3cd0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/table.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/table.rs
@@ -3120,6 +3120,45 @@ fn table_colors() {
     assert_eq!(actual.out, "╭───┬───╮│ a │ 1 ││ b │ 2 │╰───┴───╯");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn empty_table_colors() {
+    let actual = nu!(concat!(
+        "$env.config.use_ansi_coloring = true;",
+        "{}",
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        actual.out,
+        "\u{1b}[37m╭──────────────╮\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[37m│\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[2mempty record\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[37m│\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[37m╰──────────────╯\u{1b}[0m"
+    );
+
+    let actual = nu!(concat!(
+        "$env.config.use_ansi_coloring = true;",
+        "[]",
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        actual.out,
+        "\u{1b}[37m╭────────────╮\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[37m│\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[2mempty list\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[37m│\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[37m╰────────────╯\u{1b}[0m"
+    );
+
+    let actual = nu!(concat!(
+        "$env.config.use_ansi_coloring = false;",
+        "{}",
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        actual.out,
+        "╭──────────────╮│ empty record │╰──────────────╯"
+    );
+
+    let actual = nu!(concat!(
+        "$env.config.use_ansi_coloring = false;",
+        "[]",
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        actual.out,
+        "╭────────────╮│ empty list │╰────────────╯"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn table_index() {
     let actual = nu!("[[ index     var ]; [ abc         1 ] [ def         2 ] [ ghi         3 ]] | table --width=80");