diff --git a/docs/CONFIG.md b/docs/CONFIG.md
index 48bd61f3..efc72947 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIG.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIG.md
@@ -971,3 +971,13 @@ 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"` (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-colors "blue dark_gray"
+```
diff --git a/scripts/dracula.sh b/scripts/dracula.sh
index be75feb6..ac5ee1d2 100755
--- a/scripts/dracula.sh
+++ b/scripts/dracula.sh
@@ -196,7 +196,13 @@ main() {
     if case $plugin in custom:*) true;; *) false;; esac; then
       script=${plugin#"custom:"}
       if [[ -x "${current_dir}/${script}" ]]; then
-        IFS=' ' read -r -a colors <<<$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-custom-plugin-colors" "cyan dark_gray")
+        custom_plugin_name=$(basename "${script}")
+        custom_plugin_name=${custom_plugin_name%.sh}
+        custom_plugin_colors=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-custom-${custom_plugin_name}-colors" "")
+        if [ -z "$custom_plugin_colors" ]; then
+          custom_plugin_colors=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-custom-plugin-colors" "cyan dark_gray")
+        fi
+        IFS=' ' read -r -a colors <<<"$custom_plugin_colors"
         script="#($current_dir/${script})"
       else
         colors[0]="red"