diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/components/Box.ts b/packages/runtime/src/components/Box.ts
index 7a9a027..20019f8 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/components/Box.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/components/Box.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ export const Box = defineComponent({
     borderStyle: String as PropType<BorderStyle>,
     borderColor: [String, Array],
     borderDimColor: Boolean,
+    borderTopDimColor: Boolean,
+    borderBottomDimColor: Boolean,
+    borderLeftDimColor: Boolean,
+    borderRightDimColor: Boolean,
     borderTop: { type: Boolean, default: true },
     borderBottom: { type: Boolean, default: true },
     borderLeft: { type: Boolean, default: true },
@@ -77,6 +81,11 @@ export const Box = defineComponent({
     borderBottomColor: [String, Array],
     borderLeftColor: [String, Array],
     borderRightColor: [String, Array],
+    borderBackgroundColor: [String, Array],
+    borderTopBackgroundColor: [String, Array],
+    borderBottomBackgroundColor: [String, Array],
+    borderLeftBackgroundColor: [String, Array],
+    borderRightBackgroundColor: [String, Array],
 
     backgroundColor: [String, Array],
     overflow: String as PropType<"visible" | "hidden">,
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts b/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts
index 7f8e831..8bf9c5e 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ const STYLE_PROPS = new Set([
   "borderBottomColor",
   "borderLeftColor",
   "borderRightColor",
+  "borderTopDimColor",
+  "borderBottomDimColor",
+  "borderLeftDimColor",
+  "borderRightDimColor",
+  "borderBackgroundColor",
+  "borderTopBackgroundColor",
+  "borderBottomBackgroundColor",
+  "borderLeftBackgroundColor",
+  "borderRightBackgroundColor",
   // Per-edge toggles are dual: yoga uses them to size border space, paint
   // uses them to decide which edges to draw.
   "borderTop",
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/paint/paint.ts b/packages/runtime/src/paint/paint.ts
index 4f847e9..0546889 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/paint/paint.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/paint/paint.ts
@@ -128,24 +128,41 @@ function drawBorder(
 
   const borderColor = props["borderColor"] as string | undefined;
   const bgColor = props["backgroundColor"] as string | undefined;
-  const colorProps: TextProps = {};
-  if (borderColor) colorProps.color = borderColor;
-  if (bgColor) colorProps.backgroundColor = bgColor;
-  const colorize = (s: string) => (borderColor || bgColor ? applyChalk(s, colorProps) : s);
+  const dimAll = !!props["borderDimColor"];
+
+  function colorizeEdge(s: string, edge: "top" | "bottom" | "left" | "right"): string {
+    const capEdge = edge.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + edge.slice(1);
+    const edgeColor = (props[`border${capEdge}Color`] as string | undefined) ?? borderColor;
+    const edgeDim = (props[`border${capEdge}DimColor`] as boolean | undefined) || dimAll;
+    const edgeBg =
+      (props[`border${capEdge}BackgroundColor`] as string | undefined) ??
+      (props["borderBackgroundColor"] as string | undefined) ??
+      bgColor;
+    const p: TextProps = {};
+    if (edgeColor) p.color = edgeColor;
+    if (edgeBg) p.backgroundColor = edgeBg;
+    if (edgeDim) p.dimColor = true;
+    return Object.keys(p).length > 0 ? applyChalk(s, p) : s;
+  }
 
   if (top) {
     const tl = left ? chars.topLeft : chars.top;
     const tr = right ? chars.topRight : chars.top;
-    output.write(x, y, [colorize(tl + chars.top.repeat(w - 2) + tr)], transformers);
+    output.write(x, y, [colorizeEdge(tl + chars.top.repeat(w - 2) + tr, "top")], transformers);
   }
   if (bottom) {
     const bl = left ? chars.bottomLeft : chars.bottom;
     const br = right ? chars.bottomRight : chars.bottom;
-    output.write(x, y + h - 1, [colorize(bl + chars.bottom.repeat(w - 2) + br)], transformers);
+    output.write(
+      x,
+      y + h - 1,
+      [colorizeEdge(bl + chars.bottom.repeat(w - 2) + br, "bottom")],
+      transformers,
+    );
   }
   for (let i = 1; i < h - 1; i++) {
-    if (left) output.write(x, y + i, [colorize(chars.left)], transformers);
-    if (right) output.write(x + w - 1, y + i, [colorize(chars.right)], transformers);
+    if (left) output.write(x, y + i, [colorizeEdge(chars.left, "left")], transformers);
+    if (right) output.write(x + w - 1, y + i, [colorizeEdge(chars.right, "right")], transformers);
   }
 }