diff --git a/include/ircd/color.h b/include/ircd/color.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1324a9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ircd/color.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ *	Copyright (C) 2014 Jason Volk
+ *	Copyright (C) 2014 Svetlana Tkachenko
+ *	Copyright (C) 2016 Charybdis Development Team
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+#define HAVE_IRCD_COLOR_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+namespace ircd   {
+namespace color  {
+
+enum mode
+:uint8_t
+{
+	OFF       = 0x0f,
+	BOLD      = 0x02,
+	COLOR     = 0x03,
+	ITALIC    = 0x09,
+	STRIKE    = 0x13,
+	UNDER     = 0x15,
+	UNDER2    = 0x1f,
+	REVERSE   = 0x16,
+};
+
+enum class fg
+{
+	WHITE,    BLACK,      BLUE,      GREEN,
+	LRED,     RED,        MAGENTA,   ORANGE,
+	YELLOW,   LGREEN,     CYAN,      LCYAN,
+	LBLUE,    LMAGENTA,   GRAY,      LGRAY
+};
+
+enum class bg
+{
+	LGRAY_BLINK,     BLACK,           BLUE,          GREEN,
+	RED_BLINK,       RED,             MAGENTA,       ORANGE,
+	ORANGE_BLINK,    GREEN_BLINK,     CYAN,          CYAN_BLINK,
+	BLUE_BLINK,      MAGENTA_BLINK,   BLACK_BLINK,   LGRAY,
+};
+
+}      // namespace color
+}      // namespace ircd
+#endif // __cplusplus
diff --git a/include/ircd/stdinc.h b/include/ircd/stdinc.h
index 67ed225a1..9205ecb82 100644
--- a/include/ircd/stdinc.h
+++ b/include/ircd/stdinc.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ namespace ircd
 #include "defaults.h"
 #include "exception.h"
 #include "numeric.h"
+#include "color.h"
 #include "messages.h"
 #include "rfc1459.h"
 #include "err.h"