diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5dca072..4412d17 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 project(gds-render)
 
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  string(ASCII 27 Esc)
+  set(ColorReset "${Esc}[m")
+  set(ColorBold  "${Esc}[1m")
+  set(Red         "${Esc}[31m")
+  set(Green       "${Esc}[32m")
+  set(Yellow      "${Esc}[33m")
+  set(Blue        "${Esc}[34m")
+  set(Magenta     "${Esc}[35m")
+  set(Cyan        "${Esc}[36m")
+  set(White       "${Esc}[37m")
+  set(BoldRed     "${Esc}[1;31m")
+  set(BoldGreen   "${Esc}[1;32m")
+  set(BoldYellow  "${Esc}[1;33m")
+  set(BoldBlue    "${Esc}[1;34m")
+  set(BoldMagenta "${Esc}[1;35m")
+  set(BoldCyan    "${Esc}[1;36m")
+  set(BoldWhite   "${Esc}[1;37m")
+endif()
+
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_search_module(GLIB REQUIRED glib-2.0)
diff --git a/version/CMakeLists.txt b/version/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bdb64c..92469be 100644
--- a/version/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/version/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
 project(libversion)
+
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  string(ASCII 27 Esc)
+  set(ColorReset "${Esc}[m")
+  set(ColorBold  "${Esc}[1m")
+  set(Red         "${Esc}[31m")
+  set(Green       "${Esc}[32m")
+  set(Yellow      "${Esc}[33m")
+  set(Blue        "${Esc}[34m")
+  set(Magenta     "${Esc}[35m")
+  set(Cyan        "${Esc}[36m")
+  set(White       "${Esc}[37m")
+  set(BoldRed     "${Esc}[1;31m")
+  set(BoldGreen   "${Esc}[1;32m")
+  set(BoldYellow  "${Esc}[1;33m")
+  set(BoldBlue    "${Esc}[1;34m")
+  set(BoldMagenta "${Esc}[1;35m")
+  set(BoldCyan    "${Esc}[1;36m")
+  set(BoldWhite   "${Esc}[1;37m")
+endif()
+
 add_library(version STATIC "version.c")
 execute_process(COMMAND bash ./generate-version-string.sh
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}		
@@ -6,6 +27,6 @@ execute_process(COMMAND bash ./generate-version-string.sh
 execute_process(COMMAND bash ./generate-git-commit-string.sh
 	        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 		OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT)
-message("Commit: ${GIT_COMMIT}")
-message("Version: ${GIT_VER}")
+message("${BoldGreen}Commit: ${GIT_COMMIT}")
+message("Version: ${GIT_VER}${ColorReset}")
 target_compile_definitions(version PRIVATE PROJECT_GIT_VERSION=${GIT_VER} PROJECT_GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT})