diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8412f2bf..5e0867ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "record-query"
 version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ansi_term 0.8.0 (git+https://github.com/dflemstr/rust-ansi-term.git)",
  "docopt 0.6.82 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "duk 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/dflemstr/duk.git)",
  "env_logger 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex 0.1.73 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rmp 0.7.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde-hjson 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde-hjson 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_cbor 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_protobuf 0.1.1",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+source = "git+https://github.com/dflemstr/rust-ansi-term.git#d89020d53744556f63d44b2de5feca2631e6eef1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde_test 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_test 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.1.34"
+version = "0.1.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ name = "ordered-float"
 version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "num-traits 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num-traits 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "unreachable 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -287,19 +287,19 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde-hjson"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "linked-hash-map 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num-traits 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num-traits 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 0.1.73 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "dtoa 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itoa 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num-traits 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num-traits 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -329,15 +329,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "protobuf 1.0.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_test"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ name = "serde_yaml"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "serde 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "yaml-rust 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5e8f293f..51f23e0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ env_logger = "*"
 regex = "*"
 
 [dependencies]
-ansi_term = "*"
 docopt = "*"
 env_logger = "*"
 error-chain = "*"
@@ -30,6 +29,9 @@ serde_yaml = "*"
 xdg-basedir = "*"
 yaml-rust = "*"
 
+[dependencies.ansi_term]
+git = "https://github.com/dflemstr/rust-ansi-term.git"
+
 [dependencies.duk]
 features = ["debug", "logging"]
 git = "https://github.com/dflemstr/duk.git"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b663e608..a34a3b7d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // For pest parser generation
 #![recursion_limit = "1024"]
 
+extern crate ansi_term;
 extern crate duk;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate error_chain;
diff --git a/src/value/json.rs b/src/value/json.rs
index 23b0a5a9..d6c2491f 100644
--- a/src/value/json.rs
+++ b/src/value/json.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use std::char;
 use std::io;
 
+use ansi_term;
 use serde;
 use serde_json;
 
@@ -21,6 +23,13 @@ pub trait FormatterClone {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct ReadableFormatter {
     current_indent: usize,
+
+    bracket_style: ansi_term::Style,
+    colon_style: ansi_term::Style,
+    comma_style: ansi_term::Style,
+
+    field_style: ansi_term::Style,
+    value_style: ansi_term::Style,
 }
 
 #[inline]
@@ -83,6 +92,13 @@ impl ReadableFormatter {
     fn new() -> ReadableFormatter {
         ReadableFormatter {
             current_indent: 0,
+
+            bracket_style: ansi_term::Colour::White.bold(),
+            colon_style: ansi_term::Colour::White.bold(),
+            comma_style: ansi_term::Colour::White.bold(),
+
+            field_style: ansi_term::Colour::Blue.bold(),
+            value_style: ansi_term::Colour::Green.normal(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -92,17 +108,25 @@ impl serde_json::ser::Formatter for ReadableFormatter {
         where W: io::Write
     {
         self.current_indent += 1;
-        writer.write_all(&[ch]).map_err(From::from)
+        // TODO: optimize this maybe?
+        let char_str = format!("{}", char::from_u32(ch as u32).unwrap());
+        try!(write!(writer, "{}", self.bracket_style.paint(char_str)));
+
+        if ch as char == '{' {
+            try!(write!(writer, "{}", self.field_style.prefix()));
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn comma<W>(&mut self, writer: &mut W, first: bool) -> serde_json::error::Result<()>
         where W: io::Write
     {
-        if first {
-            try!(writer.write_all(b"\n"));
-        } else {
-            try!(writer.write_all(b",\n"));
+        if !first {
+            try!(write!(writer, "{}", self.comma_style.paint(",")));
         }
+        try!(writer.write_all(b"\n"));
+
+        try!(write!(writer, "{}", self.field_style.prefix()));
 
         indent(writer, self.current_indent)
     }
@@ -110,7 +134,12 @@ impl serde_json::ser::Formatter for ReadableFormatter {
     fn colon<W>(&mut self, writer: &mut W) -> serde_json::error::Result<()>
         where W: io::Write
     {
-        writer.write_all(b": ").map_err(From::from)
+        try!(write!(writer, "{}", self.colon_style.paint(":")));
+        try!(write!(writer, " "));
+
+        try!(write!(writer, "{}", self.value_style.prefix()));
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn close<W>(&mut self, writer: &mut W, ch: u8) -> serde_json::error::Result<()>
@@ -120,7 +149,11 @@ impl serde_json::ser::Formatter for ReadableFormatter {
         try!(writer.write(b"\n"));
         try!(indent(writer, self.current_indent));
 
-        writer.write_all(&[ch]).map_err(From::from)
+        // TODO: optimize this maybe?
+        let char_str = format!("{}", char::from_u32(ch as u32).unwrap());
+        try!(write!(writer, "{}", self.bracket_style.paint(char_str)));
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 }