diff --git a/news/disable_colors_non_int.rst b/news/disable_colors_non_int.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..510f8fcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/disable_colors_non_int.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* ``COLOR_RESULTS`` switched to ``False`` for non-interactive command case to improve speed in default behavior (#5562).
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/xonsh/main.py b/xonsh/main.py
index 7585ca6c6..4de0d3cd3 100644
--- a/xonsh/main.py
+++ b/xonsh/main.py
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ def premain(argv=None):
         "XONSH_INTERACTIVE": args.force_interactive
         or (args.mode == XonshMode.interactive),
     }
+    pre_env["COLOR_RESULTS"] = os.getenv("COLOR_RESULTS", pre_env["XONSH_INTERACTIVE"])
 
     # Load -DVAR=VAL arguments.
     if args.defines is not None: