Hello. This is a demonstration of the task program color capabilities coming in version 1.9. task color The color command shows the various supported colors. For this you will need an xterm with 256-color support, or an equivalent. This demo uses iTerm running on Snow Leopard. task add Prepare 1.9 for release Let's create a few tasks, to illustrate task add Update the various docs the features. Five should be enough. task add Run the regression tests task add Make the packages task add Upload to distributions --- NOTES 16-color mode upgrade blending alternate lines --- NOTES task ls Okay, let's color any tasks that mention tests a nice medium blue. echo 'color.keyword.test=color23' >> ~/.taskrc