diff --git a/kobaltw b/kobaltw
index 1fd228db..b27b3d89 100755
--- a/kobaltw
+++ b/kobaltw
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
 java -jar $(dirname $0)/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.jar $*
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt
index c80b035c..6cf5d5d9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/AsciiArt.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,23 @@ class AsciiArt {
             val spaces = diff / 2 + 1
             return fill(spaces) + s + fill(spaces + if (diff % 2 == 1) 1 else 0)
         }
+
+        const val RESET = "\u001B[0m"
+        const val BLACK = "\u001B[30m"
+        const val RED = "\u001B[31m"
+        const val GREEN = "\u001B[32m"
+        const val YELLOW = "\u001B[33m";
+        const val BLUE = "\u001B[34m"
+        const val PURPLE = "\u001B[35m"
+        const val CYAN = "\u001B[36m"
+        const val WHITE = "\u001B[37m"
+
+        private fun wrap(s: String, color: String) = color + s + RESET
+        private fun red(s: String) = wrap(s, RED)
+        private fun yellow(s: String) = wrap(s, YELLOW)
+
+        fun taskColor(s: String) = yellow(s)
+        fun errorColor(s: String) = red(s)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt
index 8f0806ae..bf3eb960 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TaskManager.kt
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class TaskWorker(val tasks: List<PluginTask>, val dryRun: Boolean) : IWorker<Plu
     override fun call() : TaskResult2<PluginTask> {
         if (tasks.size > 0) {
             tasks[0].let {
-                log(1, AsciiArt.horizontalSingleLine + " ${it.project.name}:${it.name}")
+                log(1, AsciiArt.taskColor(AsciiArt.horizontalSingleLine + " ${it.project.name}:${it.name}"))
             }
         }
         var success = true
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index 8aecebf1..0796dd9f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.misc
 
+import com.beust.kobalt.AsciiArt
 import com.beust.kobalt.KobaltException
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class Logger(val dev: Boolean) {
         val shortMessage = "***** E $text " + if (docUrl != null) " Documentation: $docUrl" else ""
         val longMessage = "*****\n***** ERROR $text\n*****"
 
-        println(getPattern("E", shortMessage, longMessage, tag))
+        println(AsciiArt.errorColor(getPattern("E", shortMessage, longMessage, tag)))
         if (KobaltLogger.LOG_LEVEL > 1) {
             e?.printStackTrace()
         }