diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8922767..4790ff1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     * removed deprecated alias `entity_base()`. use `declarative_base()` instead.
     * fix imports.
 + Module `functools`: add `cooldown()`
++ Module `color`: add `ColorFormatter()`
 
 ## 0.12.6
 
diff --git a/src/suou/__init__.py b/src/suou/__init__.py
index c90e37c..8b51746 100644
--- a/src/suou/__init__.py
+++ b/src/suou/__init__.py
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@ from .strtools import PrefixIdentifier
 from .validators import matches, not_less_than, not_greater_than, yesno
 from .redact import redact_url_password
 from .http import WantsContentType
-from .color import OKLabColor, chalk, WebColor, RGBColor, LinearRGBColor, XYZColor, OKLCHColor
+from .color import OKLabColor, chalk, WebColor, RGBColor, LinearRGBColor, \
+        XYZColor, OKLCHColor, ColorFormatter
 from .mat import Matrix
 from .argparse import LetterSubparsers
 
-__version__ = "0.13.0a2"
+__version__ = "0.13.0a3"
 
 __all__ = (
+    'ColorFormatter',
     'ConfigOptions', 'ConfigParserConfigSource', 'ConfigSource', 'ConfigValue',
     'DictConfigSource', 'EnvConfigSource', 'I18n', 'Incomplete', 'JsonI18n',
     'LetterSubparsers', 'LinearRGBColor',
diff --git a/src/suou/argparse.py b/src/suou/argparse.py
index c235a30..563d6be 100644
--- a/src/suou/argparse.py
+++ b/src/suou/argparse.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import sys
-from typing import Callable, Mapping
+from typing import Callable
 
 class LetterSubparsers(object):
     """
diff --git a/src/suou/color.py b/src/suou/color.py
index 26bf060..5755a9c 100644
--- a/src/suou/color.py
+++ b/src/suou/color.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 from functools import lru_cache
+import logging
 import math
 
 from suou.functools import deprecated
@@ -331,4 +332,48 @@ class OKLCHColor(namedtuple('_OKLCHColor', 'l c h')):
         return sum(abs(i - j) / k for i, j, k in zip(self, other, (1, 1, 36)))
 
 
-__all__ = ('chalk', 'WebColor', "RGBColor", 'LinearRGBColor', 'XYZColor', 'OKLabColor', 'OKLCHColor')
+class ColorFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """
+    Colored logging formatter.
+
+    Opinionated.
+
+    Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/384076/how-can-i-color-python-logging-output
+    """
+
+    def _get_base_format(color):
+        return f"[%(asctime)s] {color('%(levelname)s')}{chalk.grey(': ')}{color('%(name)s')}{chalk.grey(': ')}%(message)s"
+
+    FORMATS = {
+        logging.DEBUG: _get_base_format(chalk.cyan),
+        logging.INFO: _get_base_format(chalk.green),
+        logging.WARNING: _get_base_format(chalk.yellow),
+        logging.ERROR: _get_base_format(chalk.red),
+        logging.CRITICAL: _get_base_format(chalk.bold.red)
+    }
+
+    del _get_base_format
+
+    def format(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> str:
+        log_fmt = self.FORMATS.get(record.levelno)
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(log_fmt)
+        return formatter.format(record)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def apply_handler(cls, logger: logging.Logger, level = logging.INFO):
+        """
+        Apply the colored formatter to a logger.
+
+        Use this with logging.root, instead of logging.basicConfig().
+        
+        Should not be called more than once.
+        """
+        logger.setLevel(level)
+        ch = logging.StreamHandler()
+        ch.setLevel(level)
+        ch.setFormatter(cls())
+        logger.addHandler(ch)
+
+
+__all__ = ('chalk', 'WebColor', "RGBColor", 'LinearRGBColor', 'XYZColor',
+     'OKLabColor', 'OKLCHColor', 'ColorFormatter')