diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt
index b37c549e..de16f9d7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class AsciiArt {
         private fun yellow(s: String) = wrap(s, YELLOW)
 
         fun taskColor(s: String) = s
-        fun errorColor(s: String) = s
+        fun errorColor(s: String) = red(s)
+        fun warnColor(s: String) = red(s)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 0796dd9f..a8d5a17f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Logger(val dev: Boolean) {
 
     final fun warn(tag: String, message: String, e: Throwable? = null) {
         val fullMessage = "***** WARNING " + (e?.message ?: message)
-        println(getPattern("W", fullMessage, fullMessage, tag))
+        println(AsciiArt.Companion.warnColor(getPattern("W", fullMessage, fullMessage, tag)))
     }
 
     final fun log(tag: String, message: String, newLine: Boolean) =