diff --git a/src/Parsers/ASTIdentifier.cpp b/src/Parsers/ASTIdentifier.cpp
index 54b5f45f20b..9d6ad1df08d 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ASTIdentifier.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/ASTIdentifier.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <Interpreters/IdentifierSemantic.h>
 #include <Interpreters/StorageID.h>
 #include <Parsers/queryToString.h>
+#include <Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.h>
 #include <IO/Operators.h>
 
 
@@ -109,7 +110,15 @@ void ASTIdentifier::formatImplWithoutAlias(WriteBuffer & ostr, const FormatSetti
     auto format_element = [&](const String & elem_name)
     {
         ostr << (settings.hilite ? hilite_identifier : "");
-        settings.writeIdentifier(ostr, elem_name, /*ambiguous=*/false);
+        if (auto special_delimiter_and_identifier = ParserCompoundIdentifier::splitSpecialDelimiterAndIdentifierIfAny(elem_name))
+        {
+            ostr << special_delimiter_and_identifier->first;
+            settings.writeIdentifier(ostr, special_delimiter_and_identifier->second, /*ambiguous=*/false);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            settings.writeIdentifier(ostr, elem_name, /*ambiguous=*/false);
+        }
         ostr << (settings.hilite ? hilite_none : "");
     };
 
diff --git a/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp b/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp
index 6c2b7587491..b73ee7b688c 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp
@@ -415,6 +415,20 @@ bool ParserCompoundIdentifier::parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & ex
     return true;
 }
 
+std::optional<std::pair<char, String>> ParserCompoundIdentifier::splitSpecialDelimiterAndIdentifierIfAny(const String & name)
+{
+    /// Identifier with special delimiter looks like this: <special_delimiter>`<identifier>`.
+    if (name.size() < 3
+        || (name[0] != char(SpecialDelimiter::JSON_PATH_DYNAMIC_TYPE) && name[0] != char(SpecialDelimiter::JSON_PATH_PREFIX))
+        || name[1] != '`' || name.back() != '`')
+        return std::nullopt;
+
+    String identifier;
+    ReadBufferFromMemory buf(name.data() + 1, name.size() - 1);
+    readBackQuotedString(identifier, buf);
+    return std::make_pair(name[0], identifier);
+}
+
 
 ASTPtr createFunctionCast(const ASTPtr & expr_ast, const ASTPtr & type_ast)
 {
diff --git a/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.h b/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.h
index a8e49f7e560..e3e3e103d16 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.h
+++ b/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.h
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ protected:
 class ParserCompoundIdentifier : public IParserBase
 {
 public:
+    explicit ParserCompoundIdentifier(bool table_name_with_optional_uuid_ = false, bool allow_query_parameter_ = false, Highlight highlight_type_ = Highlight::identifier)
+        : table_name_with_optional_uuid(table_name_with_optional_uuid_), allow_query_parameter(allow_query_parameter_), highlight_type(highlight_type_)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// Checks if the identirier is actually a pair of a special delimiter and the identifier in back quotes.
+    /// For example: :`UInt64` or ^`path` from special JSON subcolumns.
+    static std::optional<std::pair<char, String>> splitSpecialDelimiterAndIdentifierIfAny(const String & name);
+
+protected:
     enum class SpecialDelimiter : char
     {
         NONE = '\0',
@@ -68,12 +78,6 @@ public:
         JSON_PATH_PREFIX = '^',
     };
 
-    explicit ParserCompoundIdentifier(bool table_name_with_optional_uuid_ = false, bool allow_query_parameter_ = false, Highlight highlight_type_ = Highlight::identifier)
-        : table_name_with_optional_uuid(table_name_with_optional_uuid_), allow_query_parameter(allow_query_parameter_), highlight_type(highlight_type_)
-    {
-    }
-
-protected:
     const char * getName() const override { return "compound identifier"; }
     bool parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected) override;
     bool table_name_with_optional_uuid;
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03285_json_subcolumns_formatting.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03285_json_subcolumns_formatting.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ef2e6b6afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03285_json_subcolumns_formatting.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+SELECT json.^sub.object.path
+FROM test
+SELECT json.^`s^b`.object.path
+FROM test
+SELECT json.`^sub`.object.path
+FROM test
+SELECT json.path.:UInt64
+FROM test
+SELECT json.path.:`Array(JSON)`
+FROM test
+SELECT json.path.`:UInt64`
+FROM test
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03285_json_subcolumns_formatting.sh b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03285_json_subcolumns_formatting.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c3b1d6ae31f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03285_json_subcolumns_formatting.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+CURDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+# shellcheck source=../shell_config.sh
+. "$CURDIR"/../shell_config.sh
+
+$CLICKHOUSE_FORMAT --query "select json.^sub.object.path from test";
+$CLICKHOUSE_FORMAT --query "select json.^\`s^b\`.object.path from test";
+$CLICKHOUSE_FORMAT --query "select json.\`^sub\`.object.path from test";
+
+$CLICKHOUSE_FORMAT --query "select json.path.:UInt64 from test";
+$CLICKHOUSE_FORMAT --query "select json.path.:\`Array(JSON)\` from test";
+$CLICKHOUSE_FORMAT --query "select json.path.\`:UInt64\` from test";
+