diff --git a/docs/CONFIG.md b/docs/CONFIG.md
index 93782ebf..098bf37d 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIG.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIG.md
@@ -976,3 +976,14 @@ set -g @dracula-weather-hide-errors true
 
 For testing/ running custom plugins, put the bash script into the scripts directory of dracula/tmux plugin.
 Additionally, in the `@dracula-plugins` option, add the script as `custom:name-of-script.sh`.
+
+Each custom plugin can have its own colors, just like a packaged plugin, by setting
+`@dracula-custom-<name-of-script>-colors "bg fg"`, using the full script name including any file
+extension (e.g. `@dracula-custom-docker.sh-colors`). The `custom-` prefix avoids clashing with a
+packaged plugin's own `@dracula-<name-of-script>-colors` option, should one exist. If unset, it
+falls back to `@dracula-custom-plugin-colors "bg fg"`, and then to dracula defaults.
+
+```bash
+set -g @dracula-plugins "custom:docker.sh"
+set -g @dracula-custom-docker.sh-colors "blue dark_gray"
+```
diff --git a/docs/color_theming/README.md b/docs/color_theming/README.md
index 1b3fe04b..5d60ed29 100644
--- a/docs/color_theming/README.md
+++ b/docs/color_theming/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -g @dracula-attached-clients-colors "cyan dark_gray"
 set -g @dracula-battery-colors "pink dark_gray"
 set -g @dracula-continuum-colors "cyan dark_gray"
 set -g @dracula-cpu-usage-colors "orange dark_gray"
+set -g @dracula-custom-<name-of-script>-colors "cyan dark_gray"
 set -g @dracula-custom-plugin-colors "cyan dark_gray"
 set -g @dracula-cwd-colors "dark_gray white"
 set -g @dracula-fossil-colors "green dark_gray"
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ set -g @dracula-tmux-ram-usage-colors "cyan dark_gray"
 set -g @dracula-weather-colors "orange dark_gray"
 ```
 
+per-plugin colors for custom scripts are covered in [custom:script-name](/docs/CONFIG.md#customscript-name---up).
+
 # overriding color variables
 
 all dracula colors can be overridden and new variables can be added.
diff --git a/scripts/dracula.sh b/scripts/dracula.sh
index be75feb6..dd327695 100755
--- a/scripts/dracula.sh
+++ b/scripts/dracula.sh
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ main() {
     if case $plugin in custom:*) true;; *) false;; esac; then
       script=${plugin#"custom:"}
       if [[ -x "${current_dir}/${script}" ]]; then
-        IFS=' ' read -r -a colors <<<$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-custom-plugin-colors" "cyan dark_gray")
+        default_custom_plugin_colors=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-custom-plugin-colors" "cyan dark_gray")
+        IFS=' ' read -r -a colors <<<"$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-custom-${script}-colors" "$default_custom_plugin_colors")"
         script="#($current_dir/${script})"
       else
         colors[0]="red"