diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6013483..0d86bb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "fd"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "getopts 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "walkdir 1.0.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getopts"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -126,6 +132,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [metadata]
 "checksum aho-corasick 0.6.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "500909c4f87a9e52355b26626d890833e9e1d53ac566db76c36faa984b889699"
+"checksum ansi_term 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "23ac7c30002a5accbf7e8987d0632fa6de155b7c3d39d0067317a391e00a2ef6"
 "checksum getopts 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d9047cfbd08a437050b363d35ef160452c5fe8ea5187ae0a624708c91581d685"
 "checksum kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
 "checksum libc 0.2.22 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "babb8281da88cba992fa1f4ddec7d63ed96280a1a53ec9b919fd37b53d71e502"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0eab6db..8703b9f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ authors = ["David Peter <mail@david-peter.de>"]
 getopts = "0.2"
 regex = "0.2"
 walkdir = "1"
+ansi_term = "0.9"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 294bce0..9f3f14e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extern crate walkdir;
 extern crate regex;
 extern crate getopts;
+extern crate ansi_term;
 
 use std::env;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -11,6 +12,17 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use walkdir::{WalkDir, DirEntry, WalkDirIterator};
 use regex::{Regex, RegexBuilder};
 use getopts::Options;
+use ansi_term::Colour;
+
+/// Print a search result to the console.
+fn print_entry(entry: &DirEntry, path_str: &str) {
+    let style = match entry {
+        e if e.path_is_symbolic_link() => Colour::Purple,
+        e if e.path().is_dir()         => Colour::Cyan,
+        _                              => Colour::White
+    };
+    println!("{}", style.paint(path_str));
+}
 
 /// Check if filename of entry starts with a dot.
 fn is_hidden(entry: &DirEntry) -> bool {
@@ -30,19 +42,19 @@ fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: &Regex) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        let path_str_r = entry
-                            .path()
-                            .strip_prefix(root) // create relative path
-                            .ok()
-                            .and_then(Path::to_str);
+        let path_relative =
+            match entry.path().strip_prefix(root) {
+                Ok(r) => r,
+                Err(_) => continue
+            };
 
-        let path_str = match path_str_r {
+        let path_str = match path_relative.to_str() {
             Some(p) => p,
             None => continue
         };
 
         pattern.find(path_str)
-               .map(|_| println!("{}", path_str));
+               .map(|_| print_entry(&entry, path_str));
     }
 }