diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5042f3c..c0a7b86 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -89,14 +89,20 @@ var SpecReporter = function (baseReporterDecorator, formatError, config) {
         this.writeCommonMsg('\n');
       }
 
-      this.writeCommonMsg((index + ') ' + failure.description + '\n').red);
-      this.writeCommonMsg((this.WHITESPACE + failure.suite.join(' ') + '\n').red);
+      this.writeCommonMsg(this.USE_COLORS ?
+        (index + ') ' + failure.description + '\n').red :
+        (index + ') ' + failure.description + '\n'));
+        
+      this.writeCommonMsg(this.USE_COLORS ?
+        (this.WHITESPACE + failure.suite.join(' ') + '\n').red :
+        (this.WHITESPACE + failure.suite.join(' ') + '\n'));
       failure.log.forEach(function (log) {
         if (reporterCfg.maxLogLines) {
           log = log.split('\n').slice(0, reporterCfg.maxLogLines).join('\n');
         }
-        this.writeCommonMsg(this.WHITESPACE + formatError(log)
-            .replace(/\\n/g, '\n').grey);
+        this.writeCommonMsg(this.USE_COLORS ?
+          (this.WHITESPACE + formatError(log).replace(/\\n/g, '\n')).grey :
+          (this.WHITESPACE + formatError(log).replace(/\\n/g, '\n')));
       }, this);
     }, this);
 
diff --git a/test/index.spec.js b/test/index.spec.js
index 254de2f..5233200 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/index.spec.js
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ describe('SpecReporter', function() {
         return result;
       }
 
-      it('should write a single failure out', function() {
+      it('should write a single failure out and colors when colors is true', function() {
         var errors = [
           {
             suite: ['A', 'B'],
@@ -548,15 +548,15 @@ describe('SpecReporter', function() {
           '\n\n',
           '\u001b[31m1) should do stuff\n\u001b[39m',
           '\u001b[31m     A B\n\u001b[39m',
-          '     \u001b[90mThe Error!\u001b[39m',
+          '\u001b[90m     The Error!\u001b[39m',
           '\n'
         ];
-        var specReporter = createSpecReporter();
+        var specReporter = createSpecReporter({colors: true});
         specReporter.logFinalErrors(errors);
         writtenMessages.should.eql(expected);
       });
 
-      it('should truncate messages exceding maxLogLines in length', function() {
+      it('should truncate messages exceding maxLogLines in length and no color when colors is false', function() {
         var errors = [
           {
             suite: ['A', 'B'],
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ describe('SpecReporter', function() {
         ];
         var expected = [
           '\n\n',
-          '\u001b[31m1) should do stuff\n\u001b[39m',
-          '\u001b[31m     A B\n\u001b[39m',
-          '     \u001b[90mThe Error!\u001b[39m',
+          '1) should do stuff\n',
+          '     A B\n',
+          '     The Error!',
           '\n'
         ];
         var specReporter = createSpecReporter({
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ describe('SpecReporter', function() {
         writtenMessages.should.eql(expected);
       });
 
-      it('should write out multiple failures', function() {
+      it('should write out multiple failures and colors when colors is true', function() {
         var errors = [
           {
             suite: ['A', 'B'],
@@ -597,14 +597,14 @@ describe('SpecReporter', function() {
           '\n\n',
           '\u001b[31m1) should do stuff\n\u001b[39m',
           '\u001b[31m     A B\n\u001b[39m',
-          '     \u001b[90mThe Error!\u001b[39m',
+          '\u001b[90m     The Error!\u001b[39m',
           '\n',
           '\u001b[31m2) should do more stuff\n\u001b[39m',
           '\u001b[31m     C D\n\u001b[39m',
-          '     \u001b[90mAnother error!\u001b[39m',
+          '\u001b[90m     Another error!\u001b[39m',
           '\n'
         ];
-        var specReporter = createSpecReporter();
+        var specReporter = createSpecReporter({colors: true});
         specReporter.logFinalErrors(errors);
         writtenMessages.should.eql(expected);
       });