diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 504a981ad5..60f70acd14 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
 
 static int branch_use_color = -1;
 static char branch_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
-	"\033[m",	/* reset */
-	"",		/* PLAIN (normal) */
-	"\033[31m",	/* REMOTE (red) */
-	"",		/* LOCAL (normal) */
-	"\033[32m",	/* CURRENT (green) */
+	GIT_COLOR_RESET,
+	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,	/* PLAIN */
+	GIT_COLOR_RED,		/* REMOTE */
+	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,	/* LOCAL */
+	GIT_COLOR_GREEN,	/* CURRENT */
 };
 enum color_branch {
-	COLOR_BRANCH_RESET = 0,
-	COLOR_BRANCH_PLAIN = 1,
-	COLOR_BRANCH_REMOTE = 2,
-	COLOR_BRANCH_LOCAL = 3,
-	COLOR_BRANCH_CURRENT = 4,
+	BRANCH_COLOR_RESET = 0,
+	BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN = 1,
+	BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE = 2,
+	BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL = 3,
+	BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT = 4,
 };
 
 static enum merge_filter {
@@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ static unsigned char merge_filter_ref[20];
 static int parse_branch_color_slot(const char *var, int ofs)
 {
 	if (!strcasecmp(var+ofs, "plain"))
-		return COLOR_BRANCH_PLAIN;
+		return BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
 	if (!strcasecmp(var+ofs, "reset"))
-		return COLOR_BRANCH_RESET;
+		return BRANCH_COLOR_RESET;
 	if (!strcasecmp(var+ofs, "remote"))
-		return COLOR_BRANCH_REMOTE;
+		return BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
 	if (!strcasecmp(var+ofs, "local"))
-		return COLOR_BRANCH_LOCAL;
+		return BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
 	if (!strcasecmp(var+ofs, "current"))
-		return COLOR_BRANCH_CURRENT;
+		return BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
 	die("bad config variable '%s'", var);
 }
 
@@ -310,20 +310,20 @@ static void print_ref_item(struct ref_item *item, int maxwidth, int verbose,
 
 	switch (item->kind) {
 	case REF_LOCAL_BRANCH:
-		color = COLOR_BRANCH_LOCAL;
+		color = BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
 		break;
 	case REF_REMOTE_BRANCH:
-		color = COLOR_BRANCH_REMOTE;
+		color = BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
 		break;
 	default:
-		color = COLOR_BRANCH_PLAIN;
+		color = BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
 		break;
 	}
 
 	c = ' ';
 	if (current) {
 		c = '*';
-		color = COLOR_BRANCH_CURRENT;
+		color = BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
 	}
 
 	if (verbose) {
@@ -342,14 +342,14 @@ static void print_ref_item(struct ref_item *item, int maxwidth, int verbose,
 
 		printf("%c %s%-*s%s %s %s%s\n", c, branch_get_color(color),
 		       maxwidth, item->name,
-		       branch_get_color(COLOR_BRANCH_RESET),
+		       branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET),
 		       find_unique_abbrev(item->commit->object.sha1, abbrev),
 		       stat.buf, sub);
 		strbuf_release(&stat);
 		strbuf_release(&subject);
 	} else {
 		printf("%c %s%s%s\n", c, branch_get_color(color), item->name,
-		       branch_get_color(COLOR_BRANCH_RESET));
+		       branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/color.c b/color.c
index db4dccfb77..62977f4808 100644
--- a/color.c
+++ b/color.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "color.h"
 
-#define COLOR_RESET "\033[m"
-
 int git_use_color_default = 0;
 
 static int parse_color(const char *name, int len)
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ void color_parse_mem(const char *value, int value_len, const char *var,
 	int bg = -2;
 
 	if (!strncasecmp(value, "reset", len)) {
-		strcpy(dst, "\033[m");
+		strcpy(dst, GIT_COLOR_RESET);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ static int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,
 		r += fprintf(fp, "%s", color);
 	r += vfprintf(fp, fmt, args);
 	if (*color)
-		r += fprintf(fp, "%s", COLOR_RESET);
+		r += fprintf(fp, "%s", GIT_COLOR_RESET);
 	if (trail)
 		r += fprintf(fp, "%s", trail);
 	return r;
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ int color_fwrite_lines(FILE *fp, const char *color,
 		char *p = memchr(buf, '\n', count);
 		if (p != buf && (fputs(color, fp) < 0 ||
 				fwrite(buf, p ? p - buf : count, 1, fp) != 1 ||
-				fputs(COLOR_RESET, fp) < 0))
+				fputs(GIT_COLOR_RESET, fp) < 0))
 			return -1;
 		if (!p)
 			return 0;
diff --git a/color.h b/color.h
index 5019df82f7..6846be1706 100644
--- a/color.h
+++ b/color.h
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 /* "\033[1;38;5;2xx;48;5;2xxm\0" is 23 bytes */
 #define COLOR_MAXLEN 24
 
+#define GIT_COLOR_NORMAL	""
+#define GIT_COLOR_RESET		"\033[m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_BOLD		"\033[1m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_RED		"\033[31m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_GREEN		"\033[32m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_YELLOW	"\033[33m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_BLUE		"\033[34m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_CYAN		"\033[36m"
+#define GIT_COLOR_BG_RED	"\033[41m"
+
 /*
  * This variable stores the value of color.ui
  */
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index ff3624e9f6..3feca1b173 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ int diff_auto_refresh_index = 1;
 static int diff_mnemonic_prefix;
 
 static char diff_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
-	"\033[m",	/* reset */
-	"",		/* PLAIN (normal) */
-	"\033[1m",	/* METAINFO (bold) */
-	"\033[36m",	/* FRAGINFO (cyan) */
-	"\033[31m",	/* OLD (red) */
-	"\033[32m",	/* NEW (green) */
-	"\033[33m",	/* COMMIT (yellow) */
-	"\033[41m",	/* WHITESPACE (red background) */
+	GIT_COLOR_RESET,
+	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,	/* PLAIN */
+	GIT_COLOR_BOLD,		/* METAINFO */
+	GIT_COLOR_CYAN,		/* FRAGINFO */
+	GIT_COLOR_RED,		/* OLD */
+	GIT_COLOR_GREEN,	/* NEW */
+	GIT_COLOR_YELLOW,	/* COMMIT */
+	GIT_COLOR_BG_RED,	/* WHITESPACE */
 };
 
 static void diff_filespec_load_driver(struct diff_filespec *one);
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 6cd91491d3..d64212d4cc 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -568,16 +568,16 @@ static size_t format_commit_item(struct strbuf *sb, const char *placeholder,
 			return end - placeholder + 1;
 		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(placeholder + 1, "red")) {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "\033[31m");
+			strbuf_addstr(sb, GIT_COLOR_RED);
 			return 4;
 		} else if (!prefixcmp(placeholder + 1, "green")) {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "\033[32m");
+			strbuf_addstr(sb, GIT_COLOR_GREEN);
 			return 6;
 		} else if (!prefixcmp(placeholder + 1, "blue")) {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "\033[34m");
+			strbuf_addstr(sb, GIT_COLOR_BLUE);
 			return 5;
 		} else if (!prefixcmp(placeholder + 1, "reset")) {
-			strbuf_addstr(sb, "\033[m");
+			strbuf_addstr(sb, GIT_COLOR_RESET);
 			return 6;
 		} else
 			return 0;
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 96ff2f8f56..dd87339ff7 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ int wt_status_relative_paths = 1;
 int wt_status_use_color = -1;
 int wt_status_submodule_summary;
 static char wt_status_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
-	"",         /* WT_STATUS_HEADER: normal */
-	"\033[32m", /* WT_STATUS_UPDATED: green */
-	"\033[31m", /* WT_STATUS_CHANGED: red */
-	"\033[31m", /* WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED: red */
-	"\033[31m", /* WT_STATUS_NOBRANCH: red */
+	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL, /* WT_STATUS_HEADER */
+	GIT_COLOR_GREEN,  /* WT_STATUS_UPDATED */
+	GIT_COLOR_RED,    /* WT_STATUS_CHANGED */
+	GIT_COLOR_RED,    /* WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED */
+	GIT_COLOR_RED,    /* WT_STATUS_NOBRANCH */
 };
 
 enum untracked_status_type show_untracked_files = SHOW_NORMAL_UNTRACKED_FILES;