diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2c8ff42..79c9297 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 module git.velvettear.de/velvettear/loggo
 
-go 1.21
\ No newline at end of file
+go 1.21
+
+require github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4482026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 h1:kOqh6YHBtK8aywxGerMG2Eq3H6Qgoqeo13Bk2Mv/nBs=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0/go.mod h1:0h5ZqXfHYED7Bhv2ZJamyIOUej9KtShiJESRwBDUSsw=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/loglevel.go b/loglevel.go
index f34e310..a87a292 100644
--- a/loglevel.go
+++ b/loglevel.go
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
 package loggo
 
+import (
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+)
+
 // struct for log levels
 type logLevel struct {
 	level int
 	name  string
+	color color.Color
 }
 
 // debug log level (level = 0, name = "debug")
-var DebugLevel = logLevel{0, "debug"}
+var DebugLevel = logLevel{0, "debug", *color.New(color.FgCyan)}
 
 // info log level (level = 1, name = "info")
-var InfoLevel = logLevel{1, "info"}
+var InfoLevel = logLevel{1, "info", *color.New(color.FgGreen)}
 
 // warning log level (level = 2, name = "warning")
-var WarningLevel = logLevel{2, "warning"}
+var WarningLevel = logLevel{2, "warning", *color.New(color.FgYellow)}
 
 // error log level (level = 3, name = "error")
-var ErrorLevel = logLevel{3, "error"}
+var ErrorLevel = logLevel{3, "error", *color.New(color.FgRed)}
 
 // fatal log level (level = 4, name = "fatal")
-var FatalLevel = logLevel{4, "fatal"}
+var FatalLevel = logLevel{4, "fatal", *color.New(color.FgRed).Add(color.Bold)}
 
 // current log level (defaults to: "infoLevel")
 var currentLevel = InfoLevel
@@ -33,3 +38,8 @@ func GetLogLevel() logLevel {
 func SetLogLevel(level logLevel) {
 	currentLevel = level
 }
+
+// set the color of a log level
+func (level *logLevel) SetColor(color color.Color) {
+	level.color = color
+}
diff --git a/print.go b/print.go
index d807d65..8dfefc0 100644
--- a/print.go
+++ b/print.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package loggo
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ func print(logLevel logLevel, message string, timestamp int64, extras ...string)
 		format := GetTimediffFormat()
 		formatted = strings.ReplaceAll(formatted, format, strings.ReplaceAll(format, PLACEHOLDER_TIMEDIFF, strconv.FormatInt(now.UnixMilli()-timestamp, 10)+"ms"))
 	}
-	fmt.Println(strings.TrimSpace(formatted))
+	logLevel.color.Println(strings.TrimSpace(formatted))
 	if logLevel.level == FatalLevel.level {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}