diff --git a/console.php b/console.php
index 76a6a92..f62095f 100644
--- a/console.php
+++ b/console.php
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ class console
   // {{{
   {
     exec ("stty $this->initSttyState");
+    $this->colorReset ();
+    $this->textUnderline (false);
+    $this->textBold (false);
   }
   // }}}
 
@@ -859,6 +862,69 @@ class console
   }
   // }}}
 
+  /** Set the text color
+    * @param integer $colorNum The color number to use
+    */
+  public function colorText ($colorNum)
+  // {{{
+  {
+    if (! is_int ($colorNum))
+      $this->consoleException ("ColorNum provided to colorText is not an ".
+                               "integer");
+    echo "\033[38;5;${colorNum}m";
+  }
+  // }}}
+
+  /** Set the background text color
+    * @param integer $colorNum The color number to use
+    */
+  public function colorBackgroundText ($colorNum)
+  // {{{
+  {
+    if (! is_int ($colorNum))
+      $this->consoleException ("ColorNum provided to colorBackgroundText not ".
+        "an integer");
+      echo "\033[48;5;${colorNum}m";
+  }
+  // }}}
+
+  /** Reset the colors
+    */
+  public function colorReset ()
+  // {{{
+  {
+    echo "\033[0m";
+  }
+  // }}}
+
+  /** Underline the text
+    * @param boolean $underline True to underline, false to remove the underline
+    */
+  public function textUnderline ($underline)
+  // {{{
+  {
+    if ($underline === false)
+      $underline = 2;
+    else
+      $underline = "";
+    echo "\033[${underline}4m";
+  }
+  // }}}
+
+  /** Bold the text
+    * @param boolean $bold True to bold, false to remove the bold
+    */
+  public function textBold ($bold)
+  // {{{
+  {
+    if ($bold === false)
+      $bold = 2;
+    else
+      $bold = "";
+    echo "\033[${bold}1m";
+  }
+  // }}}
+
   /** This function return an array with each char, but supports UTF-8
     * @param string $string The string to explode
     * @param integer $split_length The number of chars in each split