diff --git a/source/net/filebot/Logging.java b/source/net/filebot/Logging.java
index f58f5fd0..7b78b08d 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/Logging.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/Logging.java
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import net.filebot.util.SystemProperty;
 
 public final class Logging {
 
-	private static final SystemProperty<Pattern> anonymizePattern = SystemProperty.of("net.filebot.logging.anonymize", Pattern::compile);
 	private static final SystemProperty<Level> debugLevel = SystemProperty.of("net.filebot.logging.debug", Level::parse, Level.WARNING);
+	private static final SystemProperty<Pattern> anonymizePattern = SystemProperty.of("net.filebot.logging.anonymize", Pattern::compile);
+	private static final SystemProperty<Boolean> color = SystemProperty.of("net.filebot.logging.color", Boolean::parseBoolean, Color::isSupported);
 
 	public static final Logger log = createConsoleLogger("net.filebot.console", Level.ALL);
 	public static final Logger debug = createConsoleLogger("net.filebot.debug", debugLevel.get());
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public final class Logging {
 	}
 
 	public static ConsoleHandler createConsoleHandler(Level level) {
-		ConsoleHandler handler = new ConsoleHandler();
+		ConsoleHandler handler = color.get() ? new AnsiColorConsoleHandler() : new ConsoleHandler();
 		handler.setLevel(level);
 		handler.setFormatter(new ConsoleFormatter(anonymizePattern.get()));
 		return handler;
@@ -65,6 +66,25 @@ public final class Logging {
 		};
 	}
 
+	public static class ConsoleFormatter extends Formatter {
+
+		private final Pattern anonymize;
+
+		public ConsoleFormatter(Pattern anonymize) {
+			this.anonymize = anonymize;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String format(LogRecord record) {
+			String message = record.getMessage();
+			if (anonymize != null && message != null) {
+				message = anonymize.matcher(message).replaceAll("");
+			}
+
+			return message + System.lineSeparator();
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static class ConsoleHandler extends Handler {
 
 		@Override
@@ -72,16 +92,20 @@ public final class Logging {
 			// use either System.out or System.err depending on the severity of the error
 			PrintStream out = record.getLevel().intValue() < Level.WARNING.intValue() ? System.out : System.err;
 
-			// print messages
+			// print messages to selected output stream
+			print(record, out);
+
+			// flush every message immediately
+			out.flush();
+		}
+
+		public void print(LogRecord record, PrintStream out) {
 			out.print(getFormatter().format(record));
 
 			Throwable thrown = record.getThrown();
 			if (thrown != null) {
 				StackTraceUtils.deepSanitize(thrown).printStackTrace(out);
 			}
-
-			// flush every message immediately
-			out.flush();
 		}
 
 		@Override
@@ -97,22 +121,66 @@ public final class Logging {
 
 	}
 
-	public static class ConsoleFormatter extends Formatter {
-
-		private final Pattern anonymize;
-
-		public ConsoleFormatter(Pattern anonymize) {
-			this.anonymize = anonymize;
-		}
+	public static class AnsiColorConsoleHandler extends ConsoleHandler {
 
 		@Override
-		public String format(LogRecord record) {
-			String message = record.getMessage();
-			if (anonymize != null && message != null) {
-				message = anonymize.matcher(message).replaceAll("");
+		public void print(LogRecord record, PrintStream out) {
+			Color c = getColor(record.getLevel().intValue());
+
+			if (c == null) {
+				super.print(record, out);
+			} else {
+				out.print(c.head);
+				super.print(record, out);
+				out.print(c.tail);
 			}
-			return message + System.lineSeparator();
 		}
+
+		public Color getColor(int level) {
+			if (level >= Level.SEVERE.intValue())
+				return Color.CHERRY_RED;
+			if (level >= Level.WARNING.intValue())
+				return Color.ORANGE_RED;
+			if (level >= Level.INFO.intValue())
+				return null;
+			if (level >= Level.FINE.intValue())
+				return Color.ROYAL_BLUE;
+			if (level >= Level.FINEST.intValue())
+				return Color.LIME_GREEN;
+
+			return null;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public static class Color {
+
+		public static final Color CHERRY_RED = new Color(0xC4);
+		public static final Color ORANGE_RED = new Color(0xCA);
+		public static final Color ROYAL_BLUE = new Color(0x28);
+		public static final Color LIME_GREEN = new Color(0x27);
+
+		public final String head;
+		public final String tail;
+
+		Color(int color) {
+			this("38;5;" + color); // see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Colors
+		}
+
+		Color(String code) {
+			this.head = "\u001b[" + code + "m";
+			this.tail = "\u001b[0m";
+		}
+
+		public String colorize(String message) {
+			return head + message + tail;
+		}
+
+		public static boolean isSupported() {
+			// enable ANSI colors on a standard terminal (if running with interactive console)
+			return System.console() != null && "xterm-256color".equals(System.getenv("TERM"));
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }