diff --git a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts
index bd0e7f63bf..9857ee2ebf 100644
--- a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts
+++ b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function hyperLinkFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefine
 /**
  * Format all text to replace all new lines with spaces and performs HTML entity encoding
  */
-export function textFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: any, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined): string {
+export function textFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: any, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined, addClasses?: string): string | { text: string, addClasses: string } {
 	let cellClasses = 'grid-cell-value-container';
 	let valueToDisplay = '';
 	let titleValue = '';
@@ -122,7 +122,13 @@ export function textFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, va
 		titleValue = valueToDisplay;
 	}
 
-	return `<span title="${titleValue}" style="${cellStyle}" class="${cellClasses}">${valueToDisplay}</span>`;
+	const formattedValue = `<span title="${titleValue}" style="${cellStyle}" class="${cellClasses}">${valueToDisplay}</span>`;
+
+	if (addClasses) {
+		return { text: formattedValue, addClasses: addClasses };
+	}
+
+	return formattedValue;
 }
 
 function getCellDisplayValue(cellValue: string): string {
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ function getCellDisplayValue(cellValue: string): string {
 }
 
 
-export function iconCssFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: any, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined): string {
+export function iconCssFormatter(row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: any, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined): string | { text: string, addClasses: string } {
 	if (isCssIconCellValue(value)) {
 		return `<div role="image" title="${escape(value.title ?? '')}" aria-label="${escape(value.title ?? '')}" class="grid-cell-value-container icon codicon slick-icon-cell-content ${value.iconCssClass}"></div>`;
 	}
diff --git a/src/sql/base/test/browser/ui/table/gridFormatters.test.ts b/src/sql/base/test/browser/ui/table/gridFormatters.test.ts
index e6f61ed819..0a59bcbdd8 100644
--- a/src/sql/base/test/browser/ui/table/gridFormatters.test.ts
+++ b/src/sql/base/test/browser/ui/table/gridFormatters.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ suite('Grid shared services tests', () => {
 			isNull: false
 		};
 		let formattedHtml = SharedServices.textFormatter(undefined, undefined, cellValue, undefined, undefined);
+		if (typeof formattedHtml !== 'string') {
+			formattedHtml = formattedHtml.text;
+		}
 
 		// Then the result is HTML for a span element containing the cell value's display value as plain text
 		verifyFormattedHtml(formattedHtml, testText);
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ suite('Grid shared services tests', () => {
 	test('textFormatter should encode HTML when formatting a string', () => {
 		// If I format a string that contains HTML
 		let formattedHtml = SharedServices.textFormatter(undefined, undefined, testText, undefined, undefined);
+		if (typeof formattedHtml !== 'string') {
+			formattedHtml = formattedHtml.text;
+		}
 
 		// Then the result is HTML for a span element containing the given text as plain text
 		verifyFormattedHtml(formattedHtml, testText);
diff --git a/src/sql/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts b/src/sql/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts
index 1270080742..4467a68a00 100644
--- a/src/sql/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/sql/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.ts
@@ -91,3 +91,6 @@ export const calloutDialogShadowColor = registerColor('calloutDialog.shadow', {
 
 // Designer
 export const DesignerPaneSeparator = registerColor('designer.paneSeparator', { light: '#DDDDDD', dark: '#8A8886', hcDark: contrastBorder, hcLight: contrastBorder }, nls.localize('designer.paneSeparator', 'The pane separator color.'));
+
+// Query Editor
+export const queryEditorNullBackground = registerColor('queryEditor.nullBackground', { light: '#FFFFE1', dark: '#4B0082', hcDark: '#000000', hcLight: '#FFFFE1' }, nls.localize('queryEditorNullBackground', 'The background color for null values in the query editor results grid.'));
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/gridPanel.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/gridPanel.ts
index cae0f989f1..653f837e8c 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/gridPanel.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/query/browser/gridPanel.ts
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ import { IGridActionContext, SaveResultAction, CopyResultAction, SelectAllGridAc
 import { CellSelectionModel } from 'sql/base/browser/ui/table/plugins/cellSelectionModel.plugin';
 import { RowNumberColumn } from 'sql/base/browser/ui/table/plugins/rowNumberColumn.plugin';
 import { escape } from 'sql/base/common/strings';
-import { hyperLinkFormatter, textFormatter } from 'sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters';
+import { DBCellValue, hyperLinkFormatter, textFormatter } from 'sql/base/browser/ui/table/formatters';
 import { AdditionalKeyBindings } from 'sql/base/browser/ui/table/plugins/additionalKeyBindings.plugin';
 
 import { IContextMenuService, IContextViewService } from 'vs/platform/contextview/browser/contextView';
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { IContextKeyService } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/common/contextkey';
 import { Emitter, Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
-import { IThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
+import { IColorTheme, ICssStyleCollector, IThemeService, registerThemingParticipant } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
 import { isUndefinedOrNull } from 'vs/base/common/types';
 import { Disposable, dispose, DisposableStore } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { range } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import { CopyAction } from 'vs/editor/contrib/clipboard/browser/clipboard';
 import { formatDocumentWithSelectedProvider, FormattingMode } from 'vs/editor/contrib/format/browser/format';
 import { IAccessibilityService } from 'vs/platform/accessibility/common/accessibility';
 import { IQuickInputService } from 'vs/platform/quickinput/common/quickInput';
+import { queryEditorNullBackground } from 'sql/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
 
 const ROW_HEIGHT = 29;
 const HEADER_HEIGHT = 26;
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ const MIN_GRID_HEIGHT = (MIN_GRID_HEIGHT_ROWS * ROW_HEIGHT) + HEADER_HEIGHT + ES
 // or '{', and there must be a '}' or ']' to close it.
 const IsJsonRegex = /^\s*[\{|\[][\S\s]*[\}\]]\s*$/g;
 
+// The css class for null cell
+const NULL_CELL_CSS_CLASS = 'cell-null';
+
 export class GridPanel extends Disposable {
 	private container = document.createElement('div');
 	private scrollableView: ScrollableView;
@@ -431,7 +435,7 @@ export abstract class GridTableBase<T> extends Disposable implements IView {
 					? localize('xmlShowplan', "XML Showplan")
 					: escape(c.columnName),
 				field: i.toString(),
-				formatter: c.isXml ? hyperLinkFormatter : (row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: ICellValue, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined): string => {
+				formatter: c.isXml ? hyperLinkFormatter : (row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: ICellValue, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined): string | { text: string, addClasses: string } => {
 					return queryResultTextFormatter(this.gridConfig.showJsonAsLink, row, cell, value, columnDef, dataContext);
 				},
 				width: this.state.columnSizes && this.state.columnSizes[i] ? this.state.columnSizes[i] : undefined
@@ -567,6 +571,13 @@ export abstract class GridTableBase<T> extends Disposable implements IView {
 			refreshColumns: !autoSizeOnRender // The auto size columns plugin refreshes the columns so we don't need to refresh twice if both plugins are on.
 		});
 		this._register(attachTableFilterStyler(this.filterPlugin, this.themeService));
+		this._register(registerThemingParticipant((theme: IColorTheme, collector: ICssStyleCollector) => {
+			const nullBackground = theme.getColor(queryEditorNullBackground);
+			if (nullBackground) {
+				collector.addRule(`.${NULL_CELL_CSS_CLASS} { background: ${nullBackground};}`);
+			}
+		}));
+
 		this.table.registerPlugin(this.filterPlugin);
 		if (this.styles) {
 			this.table.style(this.styles);
@@ -1004,10 +1015,10 @@ function isJsonCell(value: ICellValue): boolean {
 	return !!(value && !value.isNull && value.displayValue?.match(IsJsonRegex));
 }
 
-function queryResultTextFormatter(showJsonAsLink: boolean, row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: ICellValue, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined): string {
+function queryResultTextFormatter(showJsonAsLink: boolean, row: number | undefined, cell: any | undefined, value: ICellValue, columnDef: any | undefined, dataContext: any | undefined): string | { text: string, addClasses: string } {
 	if (showJsonAsLink && isJsonCell(value)) {
 		return hyperLinkFormatter(row, cell, value, columnDef, dataContext);
 	} else {
-		return textFormatter(row, cell, value, columnDef, dataContext);
+		return textFormatter(row, cell, value, columnDef, dataContext, (DBCellValue.isDBCellValue(value) && value.isNull) ? NULL_CELL_CSS_CLASS : undefined);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/typings/slickgrid.d.ts b/src/typings/slickgrid.d.ts
index 66b748077d..5206e0d571 100644
--- a/src/typings/slickgrid.d.ts
+++ b/src/typings/slickgrid.d.ts
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ declare namespace Slick {
 	}
 
 	export interface Formatter<T extends SlickData> {
-		(row: number, cell: number, value: any, columnDef: Column<T>, dataContext: T): string | undefined;
+		(row: number, cell: number, value: any, columnDef: Column<T>, dataContext: T): string | undefined | { text: string, addClasses: string };
 	}
 
 	export module Formatters {