diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1ca9beddb..db7aca92b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module kitty
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13
 	github.com/pkg/term v1.1.0
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/seancfoley/bintree v1.1.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a1b68de4d..74266c7c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 h1:8LOYc1KYPPmyKMuN8QV2DNRWNbLo6LZ0iLs8+mlH53w=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9 h1:sqDoxXbdeALODt0DAeJCVp38ps9ZogZEAXjus69YV3U=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 h1:lTGmDsbAYt5DmK6OnoV7EuIF1wEIFAcxld6ypU4OSgU=
@@ -25,8 +20,6 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220722155217-630584e8d5aa h1:zuSxTR4o9y82ebqCUJYNGJbGPo6sKVl54f/TVDObg1c=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220722155217-630584e8d5aa/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200909081042-eff7692f9009/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
diff --git a/tools/cli/infrastructure.go b/tools/cli/infrastructure.go
index e46a2f55e..099b200cc 100644
--- a/tools/cli/infrastructure.go
+++ b/tools/cli/infrastructure.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
-	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	runewidth "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -75,17 +74,42 @@ func ChoicesP(flags *pflag.FlagSet, name string, short string, usage string, cho
 }
 
 var stdout_is_terminal = false
-var title_fmt = color.New(color.FgBlue, color.Bold).SprintFunc()
-var exe_fmt = color.New(color.FgYellow, color.Bold).SprintFunc()
-var opt_fmt = color.New(color.FgGreen).SprintFunc()
-var italic_fmt = color.New(color.Italic).SprintFunc()
-var err_fmt = color.New(color.FgHiRed).SprintFunc()
-var bold_fmt = color.New(color.Bold).SprintFunc()
-var code_fmt = color.New(color.FgCyan).SprintFunc()
-var cyan_fmt = color.New(color.FgCyan).SprintFunc()
-var yellow_fmt = color.New(color.FgYellow).SprintFunc()
-var blue_fmt = color.New(color.FgBlue).SprintFunc()
-var green_fmt = color.New(color.FgGreen).SprintFunc()
+
+func surrounder(start int, end int) func(string) string {
+	return func(text string) string {
+		if stdout_is_terminal {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("\033[%dm%s\033[%dm", start, text, end)
+		}
+		return text
+	}
+}
+
+func compose_surrounders(surrounders ...func(string) string) func(string) string {
+	return func(text string) string {
+		if stdout_is_terminal {
+			for _, surrounder := range surrounders {
+				text = surrounder(text)
+			}
+		}
+		return text
+	}
+}
+
+var (
+	emph_fmt       = surrounder(91, 39)
+	cyan_fmt       = surrounder(96, 39)
+	green_fmt      = surrounder(32, 39)
+	blue_fmt       = surrounder(34, 39)
+	bright_red_fmt = surrounder(91, 39)
+	yellow_fmt     = surrounder(93, 39)
+	italic_fmt     = surrounder(3, 23)
+	bold_fmt       = surrounder(1, 22)
+	title_fmt      = compose_surrounders(blue_fmt, bold_fmt)
+	exe_fmt        = compose_surrounders(yellow_fmt, bold_fmt)
+	opt_fmt        = green_fmt
+	err_fmt        = compose_surrounders(bright_red_fmt, bold_fmt)
+	code_fmt       = cyan_fmt
+)
 
 func format_line_with_indent(output io.Writer, text string, indent string, screen_width int) {
 	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(text)