diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tty-get-color-depth.js b/test/parallel/test-tty-get-color-depth.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e68846017175c9..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-tty-get-color-depth.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert').strict;
-/* eslint-disable no-restricted-properties */
-const { WriteStream } = require('tty');
-
-const fd = common.getTTYfd();
-
-// Give up if we did not find a tty
-if (fd === -1)
-  common.skip();
-
-const writeStream = new WriteStream(fd);
-
-let depth = writeStream.getColorDepth();
-
-assert.equal(typeof depth, 'number');
-assert(depth >= 1 && depth <= 24);
-
-// If the terminal does not support colors, skip the rest
-if (depth === 1)
-  common.skip();
-
-assert.notEqual(writeStream.getColorDepth({ TERM: 'dumb' }), depth);
-
-// Deactivate colors
-const tmp = process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS;
-process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS = 1;
-
-depth = writeStream.getColorDepth();
-
-assert.equal(depth, 1);
-
-process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS = tmp;
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-get-color-depth.js b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-get-color-depth.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7641290c057d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-get-color-depth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert').strict;
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-properties */
+const { WriteStream } = require('tty');
+
+const fd = common.getTTYfd();
+const writeStream = new WriteStream(fd);
+
+{
+  const depth = writeStream.getColorDepth();
+
+  assert.equal(typeof depth, 'number');
+  assert(depth >= 1 && depth <= 24);
+
+  if (depth === 1) {
+    // Terminal does not support colors, compare to a value that would.
+    assert.notEqual(writeStream.getColorDepth({ COLORTERM: '1' }), depth);
+  } else {
+    // Terminal supports colors, compare to a value that would not.
+    assert.notEqual(writeStream.getColorDepth({ TERM: 'dumb' }), depth);
+  }
+}
+
+// Deactivate colors
+{
+  const tmp = process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS;
+  process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS = 1;
+
+  const depth = writeStream.getColorDepth();
+
+  assert.equal(depth, 1);
+
+  process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS = tmp;
+}
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-get-color-depth.out b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-get-color-depth.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6