diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 23b41f2..3879697 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: go
 
 go:
-  - 1.5
+  - 1.7
 
 install:
  - go build jp.go
diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 7fb8dce..c4311e1 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -1,16 +1,40 @@
 {
 	"ImportPath": "github.com/jmespath/jp",
 	"GoVersion": "go1.4.2",
+	"GodepVersion": "v79",
 	"Deps": [
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/codegangsta/cli",
 			"Comment": "1.2.0-66-g6086d79",
 			"Rev": "6086d7927ec35315964d9fea46df6c04e6d697c1"
 		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/fatih/color",
+			"Comment": "v1.5.0-4-g67c513e",
+			"Rev": "67c513e5729f918f5e69786686770c27141a4490"
+		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath",
 			"Comment": "0.2.0",
 			"Rev": "bbaa0945d0cfe535ca7ce710b888e230d525dc63"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/mattn/go-colorable",
+			"Comment": "v0.0.9-2-g6c0fd4a",
+			"Rev": "6c0fd4aa6ec5818d5e3ea9e03ae436972a6c5a9a"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/mattn/go-isatty",
+			"Comment": "v0.0.2",
+			"Rev": "fc9e8d8ef48496124e79ae0df75490096eccf6fe"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/nwidger/jsoncolor",
+			"Rev": "75a6de4340e59be95f0884b9cebdda246e0fdf40"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/sys/unix",
+			"Rev": "b0e0dd72976dc482b6cb37c5640440f876ac1907"
 		}
 	]
 }
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/app_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/app_test.go
index f9f368c..2cbb0e3 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/app_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/app_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 )
 
 func ExampleApp() {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/cli_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/cli_test.go
index f812954..879a793 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package cli_test
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 )
 
 func Example() {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/command_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/command_test.go
index 7e414a4..c0f556a 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/command_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/command_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 )
 
 func TestCommandDoNotIgnoreFlags(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/context_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/context_test.go
index 38416f9..7c9a443 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/context_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/context_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 )
 
 func TestNewContext(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/flag_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/flag_test.go
index 6367b8d..f0f096a 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/flag_test.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli/flag_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 )
 
 var boolFlagTests = []struct {
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/fuzz/jmespath.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/fuzz/jmespath.go
index 7f75bc9..c7df087 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/fuzz/jmespath.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/fuzz/jmespath.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package jmespath
 
-import "github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+import "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
 
 // Fuzz will fuzz test the JMESPath parser.
 func Fuzz(data []byte) int {
diff --git a/jp.go b/jp.go
index 9af9124..5fb2c46 100644
--- a/jp.go
+++ b/jp.go
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/codegangsta/cli"
-	"github.com/jmespath/jp/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	"github.com/nwidger/jsoncolor"
 )
 
 const version = "0.1.2"
@@ -28,6 +30,11 @@ func main() {
 			Name:  "expr-file, e",
 			Usage: "Read JMESPath expression from the specified file.",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "color, c",
+			Value: "auto",
+			Usage: "Change the color setting (none, auto, always). auto is based on whether output is a tty.",
+		},
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:   "unquoted, u",
 			Usage:  "If the final result is a string, it will be printed without quotes.",
@@ -67,6 +74,18 @@ func runMain(c *cli.Context) int {
 		}
 		expression = c.Args()[0]
 	}
+	// Unfortunately, there's a global setting in the underlying library
+	// which we have to toggle here...
+	switch c.String("color") {
+	case "always":
+		color.NoColor = false
+	case "auto":
+		// this is the default in the library
+	case "never":
+		color.NoColor = true
+	default:
+		return errMsg("Invalid color specification. Must use always/auto/never")
+	}
 	if c.Bool("ast") {
 		parser := jmespath.NewParser()
 		parsed, err := parser.Parse(expression)
@@ -111,7 +130,14 @@ func runMain(c *cli.Context) int {
 	if c.Bool("unquoted") && isString {
 		os.Stdout.WriteString(converted)
 	} else {
-		toJSON, err := json.MarshalIndent(result, "", "  ")
+		var toJSON []byte
+		var err error
+		if color.NoColor {
+			// avoid doing the extra processing in jsoncolor
+			toJSON, err = json.MarshalIndent(result, "", "  ")
+		} else {
+			toJSON, err = jsoncolor.MarshalIndent(result, "", "  ")
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			errMsg("Error marshalling result to JSON: %s\n", err)
 			return 3