diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*~
+*.bak
+.DS_Store
+*.swo
+*.swp
+.*.swp
+.*.swo
+.*.bak
+lib-cov
+*.seed
+*.log
+*.csv
+*.dat
+*.out
+*.pid
+*.gz
+pids
+logs
+result
+node_modules
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/MIT-LICENSE b/MIT-LICENSE
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+(The MIT License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2012 Mario Gutierrez <mario@mgutz.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# mgutz-colors
+
+ANSI colors string library.
+
+
+## Install
+
+npm install mgutz-colors
+
+## Using
+
+General usage
+
+    var color = require("mgutz-colors").color;
+
+    console.log(color("red on black", "red:black"));
+
+Style format is `color+attributes:bgColor+attributes`
+
+    "red"            // red
+    "red+b"          // red bold
+    "red+u"          // red underline
+    "red+bh"         // red bold high-intensity
+    "red:white"      // red on white
+    "red+b:white+h"  // red bold on white high-intensity
+
+More flexible way to require it
+
+    var colors = require("mgutz-colors"),
+        color = colors.color;
+
+Be lazy
+
+    var bc = colors.fn("black:cyan");
+    console.log(bc("this is black text on cyan"));
+
+Turn off colors easily
+
+    colors.plain = true;
+    console.log(bc("this is plain now"));
+
+See all color combinations in your terminal
+
+    npm test
+
+## License
+
+(The MIT License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2012 Mario Gutierrez <mario@mgutz.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+/*============================================================================
+ * Copyright(c) 2010 Mario L Gutierrez <mario@mgutz.com>
+ * MIT Licensed
+ *==========================================================================*/
+
+module.exports = require('./lib/colors');
diff --git a/lib/colors.js b/lib/colors.js
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+/*============================================================================
+ * Copyright(c) 2010 Mario L Gutierrez <mario@mgutz.com>
+ * MIT Licensed
+ *==========================================================================*/
+
+/* Whether to colorize */
+exports.plain = false;
+
+
+/**
+ * Colorizes string. To disable colors, set `colors.plain = true`
+ *
+ * @param {String} style Style format.
+ *
+ * format:
+ *   color+attributes:bgColor+attributes
+ *
+ * color:
+ *   black
+ *   red
+ *   green
+ *   yellow
+ *   blue
+ *   magenta
+ *   cyan
+ *   white
+ *
+ * attributes:
+ *   b = bold
+ *   h = high intensity
+ *   u = underline
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   color("...", "red")            -> red
+ *   color("...", "red+b")          -> red bold
+ *   color("...", "red+u")          -> red underline
+ *   color("...", "red+bh")         -> red bold high-intensity
+ *   color("...", "red:white")      -> red on white
+ *   color("...", "red+b:white+h")  -> red bold on white high-intensity
+ *
+ */
+var color = exports.color = function(s, style) {
+  if (exports.plain) {
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  var colors = {
+    black: 0,
+    red: 1,
+    green: 2,
+    yellow: 3,
+    blue: 4,
+    magenta: 5,
+    cyan: 6,
+    white: 7
+  };
+
+  var fgIntensity = {
+    normal: 30,
+    high: 90
+  }
+
+  var bgIntensity = {
+    normal: 40,
+    high: 100
+  };
+
+  var decoration = {
+    bold: '1;',
+    underline: '4;'
+  };
+
+  var foreground_background = style.split(':');
+  var foreground = foreground_background[0].split('+');
+  var fg = foreground[0];
+  var fgStyle = foreground[1];
+
+  var background = 0, bg = 0, bgStyle = '';
+  if (foreground_background[1]) {
+    background = foreground_background[1].split('+');
+    bg = background[0];
+    bgStyle = background[1];
+  }
+
+  var colored = '\033[';
+  var base = fgIntensity.normal;
+
+  if (fgStyle) {
+    if (fgStyle.indexOf('b') >= 0) colored += decoration.bold;
+    if (fgStyle.indexOf('u') >= 0) colored += decoration.underline;
+    base = fgStyle.indexOf('h') >= 0 ? fgIntensity.high : fgIntensity.normal;
+  }
+  colored += (base + colors[fg]).toString() + ';';
+
+  var base = 0;
+  if (bg) {
+    base = (bgStyle && bgStyle === 'h') ? bgIntensity.high : bgIntensity.normal;
+    colored += (base + colors[bg]).toString() + ';';
+  }
+
+  colored = colored.slice(0, -1); // remove last ';'
+  colored += 'm' + s
+  colored += "\033[0m"; // reset colors
+
+  return colored;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Define a color function.
+ *
+ * @param {String} style The style format.
+ */
+exports.fn = function(style) {
+  return function(s) {
+    return color(s, style);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "author": "Mario Gutierrez <mario@mgutz.com> (http://mgutz.com)",
+  "name": "mgutz-colors",
+  "description": "ANSI colors string library.",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/mgutz/mgutz-colors",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/mgutz/mgutz-colors.git"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node test/colorsTest.js"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "~0.6"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "optionalDependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/test/colorsTest.js b/test/colorsTest.js
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+/*============================================================================
+ * Copyright(c) 2010 Mario L Gutierrez <mario@mgutz.com>
+ * MIT Licensed
+ *==========================================================================*/
+
+var Colors = require('../lib/colors');
+var color = Colors.color;
+
+
+var colors =
+  ['black',  'red', 'green', 'yellow', 'blue', 'magenta', 'cyan', 'white'];
+var bgColors =
+  ['', ':black',  ':red', ':green', ':yellow', ':blue', ':magenta', ':cyan', ':white'];
+
+
+function pad(s, length) {
+  while (s.length < length) {
+    s += ' ';
+  }
+  return s;
+}
+
+
+function padColor(s, styles) {
+  var buffer = "";
+  for (var i = 0; i < styles.length; i++) {
+    buffer += color(pad(s + styles[i], 20), s + styles[i]);
+  }
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+
+var attr, s, s2, bg;
+for (var b = 0; b < bgColors.length; b++) {
+  for (var c = 0; c < colors.length; c++) {
+    fg = colors[c];
+    bg = bgColors[b];
+    console.log(padColor(fg, [''+bg, '+b'+bg, '+bh'+bg, '+u'+bg, '+uh'+bg]));
+    console.log(padColor(fg, [''+bg+'+h', '+b'+bg+'+h', '+bh'+bg+'+h', '+u'+bg+'+h', '+uh'+bg+'+h']));
+  }
+}
+
+Colors.plain = true;
+for (var b = 0; b < bgColors.length; b++) {
+  for (var c = 0; c < colors.length; c++) {
+    fg = colors[c];
+    bg = bgColors[b];
+    console.log(padColor(fg, [''+bg, '+b'+bg, '+bh'+bg, '+u'+bg, '+uh'+bg]));
+    console.log(padColor(fg, [''+bg+'+h', '+b'+bg+'+h', '+bh'+bg+'+h', '+u'+bg+'+h', '+uh'+bg+'+h']));
+  }
+}
+
+
+Colors.plain = false;
+var redBold = Colors.fn('red+b:white');
+console.log(redBold('red bold'));