diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 57d60996..2bc673c6 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -146,10 +146,12 @@ func editor() string {
 		}
 		fallthrough
 	default:
-		fmt.Printf("\x1b[1;31;40mWarning: \x1B[1;33;40m$EDITOR\x1b[0;37;40m is not set.\x1b[0m\nPlease add $EDITOR or to your environment variables.\n")
+		fmt.Println(boldRedFgBlackBg("Warning:"),
+			boldYellowFgBlackBg("$EDITOR"), whiteFgBlackBg("is not set"))
+		fmt.Println("Please add $EDITOR or to your environment variables.")
 
 	editorLoop:
-		fmt.Printf("\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m ", "Edit PKGBUILD with:")
+		fmt.Print(greenFg("Edit PKGBUILD with:"))
 		var editorInput string
 		_, err := fmt.Scanln(&editorInput)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ func continueTask(s string, def string) (cont bool) {
 	}
 
 	var response string
-	fmt.Printf("\x1b[1;32m==> %s\x1b[1;37m %s\x1b[0m", s, postFix)
+	fmt.Println(boldGreenFg(arrow+" "+s), boldWhiteFg(postFix))
 
 	n, err := fmt.Scanln(&response)
 	if err != nil || n == 0 {
diff --git a/download.go b/download.go
index 7ade9bc8..9cc8bf8a 100644
--- a/download.go
+++ b/download.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func getPkgbuildfromABS(pkgN string, path string) (err error) {
 			} else {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Not in standard repositories")
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("\x1b[1;32m==>\x1b[1;33m %s \x1b[1;32mfound in ABS.\x1b[0m\n", pkgN)
+			fmt.Println(boldGreenFg(arrow), boldYellowFg(pkgN), boldGreenFg("found in ABS."))
 			errD := downloadAndUnpack(url, path, true)
 			return errD
 		}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func getPkgbuildfromAUR(pkgN string, dir string) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no results")
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("\x1b[1;32m==>\x1b[1;33m %s \x1b[1;32mfound in AUR.\x1b[0m\n", pkgN)
+	fmt.Println(boldGreenFg(arrow), boldYellowFg(pkgN), boldGreenFg("found in AUR."))
 	downloadAndUnpack(baseURL+aq[0].URLPath, dir, false)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/print.go b/print.go
index d3773a05..ef1d5791 100644
--- a/print.go
+++ b/print.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	rpc "github.com/mikkeloscar/aur"
 )
 
-const warning = "\x1b[33mWarning:\x1b[0m "
 const arrow = "==>"
 
 // Human returns results in Human readable format.
@@ -303,6 +302,13 @@ func yellowFg(in string) string {
 	return in
 }
 
+func boldFg(in string) string {
+	if alpmConf.Options&alpm.ConfColor > 0 {
+		return "\x1b[1m" + in + "\x1b[0m"
+	}
+
+	return in
+}
 func boldGreenFg(in string) string {
 	if alpmConf.Options&alpm.ConfColor > 0 {
 		return "\x1b[1;32m" + in + "\x1b[0m"
diff --git a/upgrade.go b/upgrade.go
index c1251688..0c205b17 100644
--- a/upgrade.go
+++ b/upgrade.go
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ func upList() (aurUp upSlice, repoUp upSlice, err error) {
 	aurC := make(chan upSlice)
 	errC := make(chan error)
 
-	fmt.Println("\x1b[1;36;1m::\x1b[0m\x1b[1m Searching databases for updates...\x1b[0m")
+	fmt.Println(boldCyanFg("::"), boldFg("Searching databases for updates..."))
 	go func() {
 		repoUpList, err := upRepo(local)
 		errC <- err
 		repoC <- repoUpList
 	}()
 
-	fmt.Println("\x1b[1;36;1m::\x1b[0m\x1b[1m Searching AUR for updates...\x1b[0m")
+	fmt.Println(boldCyanFg("::"), boldFg("Searching AUR for updates..."))
 	go func() {
 		aurUpList, err := upAUR(remote, remoteNames)
 		errC <- err
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func upDevel(remote []alpm.Package, packageC chan upgrade, done chan bool) {
 			}
 			if found {
 				if pkg.ShouldIgnore() {
-					fmt.Print(warning)
+					fmt.Print(yellowFg("Warning: "))
 					fmt.Printf("%s ignoring package upgrade (%s => %s)\n", pkg.Name(), pkg.Version(), "git")
 				} else {
 					packageC <- upgrade{e.Package, "devel", e.SHA[0:6], "git"}
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func upAUR(remote []alpm.Package, remoteNames []string) (toUpgrade upSlice, err
 	if config.Devel {
 		routines++
 		go upDevel(remote, packageC, done)
-		fmt.Println("\x1b[1;36;1m::\x1b[0m\x1b[1m Checking development packages...\x1b[0m")
+		fmt.Println(boldCyanFg("::"), boldFg("Checking development packages..."))
 	}
 
 	for i := len(remote); i != 0; i = j {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func upAUR(remote []alpm.Package, remoteNames []string) (toUpgrade upSlice, err
 					if (config.TimeUpdate && (int64(qtemp[x].LastModified) > local[i].BuildDate().Unix())) ||
 						(alpm.VerCmp(local[i].Version(), qtemp[x].Version) < 0) {
 						if local[i].ShouldIgnore() {
-							fmt.Print(warning)
+							fmt.Print(yellowFg("Warning: "))
 							fmt.Printf("%s ignoring package upgrade (%s => %s)\n", local[i].Name(), local[i].Version(), qtemp[x].Version)
 						} else {
 							packageC <- upgrade{qtemp[x].Name, "aur", local[i].Version(), qtemp[x].Version}
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func upRepo(local []alpm.Package) (upSlice, error) {
 		newPkg := pkg.NewVersion(dbList)
 		if newPkg != nil {
 			if pkg.ShouldIgnore() {
-				fmt.Print(warning)
+				fmt.Print(yellowFg("Warning: "))
 				fmt.Printf("%s ignoring package upgrade (%s => %s)\n", pkg.Name(), pkg.Version(), newPkg.Version())
 			} else {
 				slice = append(slice, upgrade{pkg.Name(), newPkg.DB().Name(), pkg.Version(), newPkg.Version()})