diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b77ec26..7c56f2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ You can control the logging level while calling a script by setting the `LOGGER_
 
 You can set `LOGGER_LVL=none` to disable all logging.
 
+## Color
+By default, log output is colorized by level. This behavior can be disabled by setting `LOGGER_COLOR=0`
+
 ## Timestamp customisation
 
 Underneath, the `date` command is used to display the timestamp. Simply set the `LOGGER_FMT` to any valid format supported by `date`.
diff --git a/tinylogger.bash b/tinylogger.bash
index ae36cc8..f31e618 100644
--- a/tinylogger.bash
+++ b/tinylogger.bash
@@ -24,15 +24,32 @@
 # Author: Nagarjuna Kumarappan <nagarjuna.412@gmail.com>
 
 # defaults
-LOGGER_FMT=${LOGGER_FMT:="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"}
 LOGGER_LVL=${LOGGER_LVL:="info"}
+LOGGER_FMT=${LOGGER_FMT:="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"}
+LOGGER_COLOR=${LOGGER_COLOR:="1"}
+
+_tlog_levels=(error warn info debug)
+_tlog_colors=('\033[0;31m' '\033[0;33m' '\033[0;32m' '\033[0;36m')
+
+function _tlog_head {
+  idx=$1
+  nc='\033[0m'
+  lvlname=${_tlog_levels[$idx]^^}
+
+  if (("$LOGGER_COLOR")); then
+    printf "$(date "+${LOGGER_FMT}") - ${_tlog_colors[$idx]}${lvlname}${nc}"
+  else
+    printf "$(date "+${LOGGER_FMT}") - ${lvlname}"
+  fi
+}
 
 function tlog {
-    action=$1 && shift
-    case $action in 
-        debug)  [[ $LOGGER_LVL =~ debug ]]           && echo "$( date "+${LOGGER_FMT}" ) - DEBUG - $@" 1>&2 ;;
-        info)   [[ $LOGGER_LVL =~ debug|info ]]      && echo "$( date "+${LOGGER_FMT}" ) - INFO - $@" 1>&2  ;;
-        warn)   [[ $LOGGER_LVL =~ debug|info|warn ]] && echo "$( date "+${LOGGER_FMT}" ) - WARN - $@" 1>&2  ;;
-        error)  [[ ! $LOGGER_LVL =~ none ]]          && echo "$( date "+${LOGGER_FMT}" ) - ERROR - $@" 1>&2 ;;
-    esac
-    true; }
+  action=$1 && shift
+  case $action in
+    debug)  [[ $LOGGER_LVL =~ debug ]]           && echo "$(_tlog_head 3) - $@" 1>&2 ;;
+    info)   [[ $LOGGER_LVL =~ debug|info ]]      && echo "$(_tlog_head 2) - $@" 1>&2  ;;
+    warn)   [[ $LOGGER_LVL =~ debug|info|warn ]] && echo "$(_tlog_head 1) - $@" 1>&2  ;;
+    error)  [[ ! $LOGGER_LVL =~ none ]]          && echo "$(_tlog_head 0) - $@" 1>&2 ;;
+  esac
+  true;
+}