diff --git a/changelog/5061.feature.rst b/changelog/5061.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9eb0c1cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/5061.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use multiple colors with terminal summary statistics.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/terminal.py b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
index 2fd81ea2b..fd30d8572 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -864,15 +864,41 @@ class TerminalReporter:
             self._tw.line(content)
 
     def summary_stats(self):
-        session_duration = time.time() - self._sessionstarttime
-        (line, color) = build_summary_stats_line(self.stats)
-        msg = "{} in {}".format(line, format_session_duration(session_duration))
-        markup = {color: True, "bold": True}
+        if self.verbosity < -1:
+            return
 
-        if self.verbosity >= 0:
-            self.write_sep("=", msg, **markup)
-        if self.verbosity == -1:
-            self.write_line(msg, **markup)
+        session_duration = time.time() - self._sessionstarttime
+        (parts, main_color) = build_summary_stats_line(self.stats)
+        line_parts = []
+
+        display_sep = self.verbosity >= 0
+        if display_sep:
+            fullwidth = self._tw.fullwidth
+        for text, markup in parts:
+            with_markup = self._tw.markup(text, **markup)
+            if display_sep:
+                fullwidth += len(with_markup) - len(text)
+            line_parts.append(with_markup)
+        msg = ", ".join(line_parts)
+
+        main_markup = {main_color: True}
+        duration = " in {}".format(format_session_duration(session_duration))
+        duration_with_markup = self._tw.markup(duration, **main_markup)
+        if display_sep:
+            fullwidth += len(duration_with_markup) - len(duration)
+        msg += duration_with_markup
+
+        if display_sep:
+            markup_for_end_sep = self._tw.markup("", **main_markup)
+            if markup_for_end_sep.endswith("\x1b[0m"):
+                markup_for_end_sep = markup_for_end_sep[:-4]
+            fullwidth += len(markup_for_end_sep)
+            msg += markup_for_end_sep
+
+        if display_sep:
+            self.write_sep("=", msg, fullwidth=fullwidth, **main_markup)
+        else:
+            self.write_line(msg, **main_markup)
 
     def short_test_summary(self):
         if not self.reportchars:
@@ -1011,6 +1037,15 @@ def _folded_skips(skipped):
     return values
 
 
+_color_for_type = {
+    "failed": "red",
+    "error": "red",
+    "warnings": "yellow",
+    "passed": "green",
+}
+_color_for_type_default = "yellow"
+
+
 def build_summary_stats_line(stats):
     known_types = (
         "failed passed skipped deselected xfailed xpassed warnings error".split()
@@ -1021,6 +1056,17 @@ def build_summary_stats_line(stats):
             if found_type:  # setup/teardown reports have an empty key, ignore them
                 known_types.append(found_type)
                 unknown_type_seen = True
+
+    # main color
+    if "failed" in stats or "error" in stats:
+        main_color = "red"
+    elif "warnings" in stats or unknown_type_seen:
+        main_color = "yellow"
+    elif "passed" in stats:
+        main_color = "green"
+    else:
+        main_color = "yellow"
+
     parts = []
     for key in known_types:
         reports = stats.get(key, None)
@@ -1028,23 +1074,14 @@ def build_summary_stats_line(stats):
             count = sum(
                 1 for rep in reports if getattr(rep, "count_towards_summary", True)
             )
-            parts.append("%d %s" % (count, key))
+            color = _color_for_type.get(key, _color_for_type_default)
+            markup = {color: True, "bold": color == main_color}
+            parts.append(("%d %s" % (count, key), markup))
 
-    if parts:
-        line = ", ".join(parts)
-    else:
-        line = "no tests ran"
+    if not parts:
+        parts = [("no tests ran", {_color_for_type_default: True})]
 
-    if "failed" in stats or "error" in stats:
-        color = "red"
-    elif "warnings" in stats or unknown_type_seen:
-        color = "yellow"
-    elif "passed" in stats:
-        color = "green"
-    else:
-        color = "yellow"
-
-    return line, color
+    return parts, main_color
 
 
 def _plugin_nameversions(plugininfo):
diff --git a/testing/test_pdb.py b/testing/test_pdb.py
index 7d9436313..53475078e 100644
--- a/testing/test_pdb.py
+++ b/testing/test_pdb.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class TestPDB:
         )
         child = testdir.spawn_pytest("-rs --pdb %s" % p1)
         child.expect("Skipping also with pdb active")
-        child.expect("1 skipped in")
+        child.expect_exact("= \x1b[33m\x1b[1m1 skipped\x1b[0m\x1b[33m in")
         child.sendeof()
         self.flush(child)
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class TestPDB:
         child.sendeof()
         rest = child.read().decode("utf8")
         assert "Exit: Quitting debugger" in rest
-        assert "= 1 failed in" in rest
+        assert "= \x1b[31m\x1b[1m1 failed\x1b[0m\x1b[31m in" in rest
         assert "def test_1" not in rest
         assert "get rekt" not in rest
         self.flush(child)
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ class TestPDB:
             assert "> PDB continue (IO-capturing resumed) >" in rest
         else:
             assert "> PDB continue >" in rest
-        assert "1 passed in" in rest
+        assert "= \x1b[32m\x1b[1m1 passed\x1b[0m\x1b[32m in" in rest
 
     def test_pdb_used_outside_test(self, testdir):
         p1 = testdir.makepyfile(
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ class TestTraceOption:
         child.sendline("q")
         child.expect_exact("Exit: Quitting debugger")
         rest = child.read().decode("utf8")
-        assert "2 passed in" in rest
+        assert "= \x1b[32m\x1b[1m2 passed\x1b[0m\x1b[32m in" in rest
         assert "reading from stdin while output" not in rest
         # Only printed once - not on stderr.
         assert "Exit: Quitting debugger" not in child.before.decode("utf8")
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ def test_pdb_suspends_fixture_capturing(testdir, fixture):
 
     TestPDB.flush(child)
     assert child.exitstatus == 0
-    assert "= 1 passed in " in rest
+    assert "= \x1b[32m\x1b[1m1 passed\x1b[0m\x1b[32m in" in rest
     assert "> PDB continue (IO-capturing resumed for fixture %s) >" % (fixture) in rest
 
 
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index 3bdabc5de..a624be3b4 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class TestTerminal:
         child.expect(r"collecting 2 items")
         child.expect(r"collected 2 items")
         rest = child.read().decode("utf8")
-        assert "2 passed in" in rest
+        assert "= \x1b[32m\x1b[1m2 passed\x1b[0m\x1b[32m in" in rest
 
     def test_itemreport_subclasses_show_subclassed_file(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile(
@@ -1252,42 +1252,123 @@ def test_terminal_summary_warnings_header_once(testdir):
         # dict value, not the actual contents, so tuples of anything
         # suffice
         # Important statuses -- the highest priority of these always wins
-        ("red", "1 failed", {"failed": (1,)}),
-        ("red", "1 failed, 1 passed", {"failed": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
-        ("red", "1 error", {"error": (1,)}),
-        ("red", "1 passed, 1 error", {"error": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
+        ("red", [("1 failed", {"bold": True, "red": True})], {"failed": (1,)}),
+        (
+            "red",
+            [
+                ("1 failed", {"bold": True, "red": True}),
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": False, "green": True}),
+            ],
+            {"failed": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
+        ("red", [("1 error", {"bold": True, "red": True})], {"error": (1,)}),
+        (
+            "red",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": False, "green": True}),
+                ("1 error", {"bold": True, "red": True}),
+            ],
+            {"error": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
         # (a status that's not known to the code)
-        ("yellow", "1 weird", {"weird": (1,)}),
-        ("yellow", "1 passed, 1 weird", {"weird": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
-        ("yellow", "1 warnings", {"warnings": (1,)}),
-        ("yellow", "1 passed, 1 warnings", {"warnings": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
-        ("green", "5 passed", {"passed": (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)}),
+        ("yellow", [("1 weird", {"bold": True, "yellow": True})], {"weird": (1,)}),
+        (
+            "yellow",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": False, "green": True}),
+                ("1 weird", {"bold": True, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
+            {"weird": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
+        (
+            "yellow",
+            [("1 warnings", {"bold": True, "yellow": True})],
+            {"warnings": (1,)},
+        ),
+        (
+            "yellow",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": False, "green": True}),
+                ("1 warnings", {"bold": True, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
+            {"warnings": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
+        (
+            "green",
+            [("5 passed", {"bold": True, "green": True})],
+            {"passed": (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)},
+        ),
         # "Boring" statuses.  These have no effect on the color of the summary
         # line.  Thus, if *every* test has a boring status, the summary line stays
         # at its default color, i.e. yellow, to warn the user that the test run
         # produced no useful information
-        ("yellow", "1 skipped", {"skipped": (1,)}),
-        ("green", "1 passed, 1 skipped", {"skipped": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
-        ("yellow", "1 deselected", {"deselected": (1,)}),
-        ("green", "1 passed, 1 deselected", {"deselected": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
-        ("yellow", "1 xfailed", {"xfailed": (1,)}),
-        ("green", "1 passed, 1 xfailed", {"xfailed": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
-        ("yellow", "1 xpassed", {"xpassed": (1,)}),
-        ("green", "1 passed, 1 xpassed", {"xpassed": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
+        ("yellow", [("1 skipped", {"bold": True, "yellow": True})], {"skipped": (1,)}),
+        (
+            "green",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": True, "green": True}),
+                ("1 skipped", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
+            {"skipped": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
+        (
+            "yellow",
+            [("1 deselected", {"bold": True, "yellow": True})],
+            {"deselected": (1,)},
+        ),
+        (
+            "green",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": True, "green": True}),
+                ("1 deselected", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
+            {"deselected": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
+        ("yellow", [("1 xfailed", {"bold": True, "yellow": True})], {"xfailed": (1,)}),
+        (
+            "green",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": True, "green": True}),
+                ("1 xfailed", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
+            {"xfailed": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
+        ("yellow", [("1 xpassed", {"bold": True, "yellow": True})], {"xpassed": (1,)}),
+        (
+            "green",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": True, "green": True}),
+                ("1 xpassed", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
+            {"xpassed": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
         # Likewise if no tests were found at all
-        ("yellow", "no tests ran", {}),
+        ("yellow", [("no tests ran", {"yellow": True})], {}),
         # Test the empty-key special case
-        ("yellow", "no tests ran", {"": (1,)}),
-        ("green", "1 passed", {"": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
+        ("yellow", [("no tests ran", {"yellow": True})], {"": (1,)}),
+        (
+            "green",
+            [("1 passed", {"bold": True, "green": True})],
+            {"": (1,), "passed": (1,)},
+        ),
         # A couple more complex combinations
         (
             "red",
-            "1 failed, 2 passed, 3 xfailed",
+            [
+                ("1 failed", {"bold": True, "red": True}),
+                ("2 passed", {"bold": False, "green": True}),
+                ("3 xfailed", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
             {"passed": (1, 2), "failed": (1,), "xfailed": (1, 2, 3)},
         ),
         (
             "green",
-            "1 passed, 2 skipped, 3 deselected, 2 xfailed",
+            [
+                ("1 passed", {"bold": True, "green": True}),
+                ("2 skipped", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+                ("3 deselected", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+                ("2 xfailed", {"bold": False, "yellow": True}),
+            ],
             {
                 "passed": (1,),
                 "skipped": (1, 2),
@@ -1313,11 +1394,11 @@ def test_skip_counting_towards_summary():
     r1 = DummyReport()
     r2 = DummyReport()
     res = build_summary_stats_line({"failed": (r1, r2)})
-    assert res == ("2 failed", "red")
+    assert res == ([("2 failed", {"bold": True, "red": True})], "red")
 
     r1.count_towards_summary = False
     res = build_summary_stats_line({"failed": (r1, r2)})
-    assert res == ("1 failed", "red")
+    assert res == ([("1 failed", {"bold": True, "red": True})], "red")
 
 
 class TestClassicOutputStyle: