diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index c611eb97fc0755..f8480aa1d4821d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ function defineColorAlias(target, alias) {
       this[target] = value;
     },
     configurable: true,
-    enumerable: false,
+    enumerable: true,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index e60320d0591233..ca4c0498d69877 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -2405,11 +2405,11 @@ assert.strictEqual(
   );
   rejection.catch(() => {});
 
-  // Verify that aliases do not show up as key while checking `inspect.colors`.
+  // Verify that aliases should show up as key while checking `inspect.colors`.
   const colors = Object.keys(inspect.colors);
   const aliases = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(inspect.colors)
                   .filter((c) => !colors.includes(c));
-  assert(!colors.includes('grey'));
+  assert(colors.includes('grey'));
   assert(colors.includes('gray'));
   // Verify that all aliases are correctly mapped.
   for (const alias of aliases) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js b/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js
index 4fdf419143453c..2b3e4952676447 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const noChange = 'test';
     util.styleText(invalidOption, 'test');
   }, {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
+    message: /grey/, // gray alias
   }, invalidOption);
   assert.throws(() => {
     util.styleText('red', invalidOption);