diff --git a/codegen/Cargo.toml b/codegen/Cargo.toml
index 3841b854..6d5e32d8 100644
--- a/codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ log = "^0.3"
 compiletest_rs = "^0.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-ansi_term = "0.9"
+yansi = "0.2"
 version_check = "0.1"
diff --git a/codegen/build.rs b/codegen/build.rs
index 6adc6416..3c7f2572 100644
--- a/codegen/build.rs
+++ b/codegen/build.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! This tiny build script ensures that rocket_codegen is not compiled with an
 //! incompatible version of rust.
 
-extern crate ansi_term;
+extern crate yansi;
 extern crate version_check;
 
-use ansi_term::Color::{Red, Yellow, Blue, White};
+use yansi::Color::{Red, Yellow, Blue, White};
 use version_check::{is_nightly, is_min_version, is_min_date};
 
 // Specifies the minimum nightly version needed to compile Rocket's codegen.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn main() {
         (Some(is_nightly), Some((ok_version, version)), Some((ok_date, date))) => {
             if !is_nightly {
                 printerr!("{} {}",
-                          Red.bold().paint("Error:"),
+                          Red.paint("Error:").bold(),
                           White.paint("Rocket requires a nightly version of Rust."));
                 print_version_err(&*version, &*date);
                 printerr!("{}{}{}",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn main() {
 
             if !ok_version || !ok_date {
                 printerr!("{} {}",
-                          Red.bold().paint("Error:"),
+                          Red.paint("Error:").bold(),
                           White.paint("Rocket codegen requires a more recent version of rustc."));
                 printerr!("{}{}{}",
                           Blue.paint("Use `"),
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 71db0670..9c7b4226 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ categories = ["web-programming::http-server"]
 tls = ["rustls", "hyper-rustls"]
 
 [dependencies]
-term-painter = "0.2"
+yansi = "0.2"
 log = "0.3"
 url = "1"
 toml = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ lazy_static = "0.2"
 rocket_codegen = { version = "0.2.8", path = "../codegen" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-ansi_term = "0.9"
+yansi = "0.2"
 version_check = "^0.1"
diff --git a/lib/build.rs b/lib/build.rs
index 69125818..6768de95 100644
--- a/lib/build.rs
+++ b/lib/build.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! This tiny build script ensures that rocket is not compiled with an
 //! incompatible version of rust.
 
-extern crate ansi_term;
+extern crate yansi;
 extern crate version_check;
 
-use ansi_term::Color::{Red, Yellow, Blue, White};
+use yansi::Color::{Red, Yellow, Blue, White};
 use version_check::{is_nightly, is_min_version};
 
 // Specifies the minimum nightly version needed to compile Rocket.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fn main() {
     if let (Some(is_nightly), Some((ok_version, version))) = (ok_nightly, ok_version) {
         if !is_nightly {
             printerr!("{} {}",
-                      Red.bold().paint("Error:"),
+                      Red.paint("Error:").bold(),
                       White.paint("Rocket requires a nightly version of Rust."));
             print_version_err(&*version);
             printerr!("{}{}{}",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fn main() {
 
         if !ok_version {
             printerr!("{} {}",
-                      Red.bold().paint("Error:"),
+                      Red.paint("Error:").bold(),
                       White.paint("Rocket requires a newer version of rustc."));
             printerr!("{}{}{}",
                       Blue.paint("Use `"),
diff --git a/lib/src/catcher.rs b/lib/src/catcher.rs
index 7184ef6b..fd53315c 100644
--- a/lib/src/catcher.rs
+++ b/lib/src/catcher.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ use error::Error;
 use request::Request;
 
 use std::fmt;
-use term_painter::ToStyle;
-use term_painter::Color::*;
+use yansi::Color::*;
 
 /// An error catching route.
 ///
diff --git a/lib/src/config/error.rs b/lib/src/config/error.rs
index 01179d2f..6ca2c6b8 100644
--- a/lib/src/config/error.rs
+++ b/lib/src/config/error.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use super::Environment;
 use self::ConfigError::*;
 
-use term_painter::Color::White;
-use term_painter::ToStyle;
+use yansi::Color::White;
 
 /// The type of a configuration parsing error.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
diff --git a/lib/src/fairing/fairings.rs b/lib/src/fairing/fairings.rs
index ca16cfa4..0aeee959 100644
--- a/lib/src/fairing/fairings.rs
+++ b/lib/src/fairing/fairings.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ impl Fairings {
     }
 
     pub fn pretty_print_counts(&self) {
-        use term_painter::ToStyle;
-        use term_painter::Color::{White, Magenta};
+        use yansi::Paint;
 
         if self.all_fairings.is_empty() {
             return
@@ -92,12 +91,12 @@ impl Fairings {
         fn info_if_nonempty(kind: &str, fairings: &[&Fairing]) {
             let names: Vec<&str> = fairings.iter().map(|f| f.info().name).collect();
             info_!("{} {}: {}",
-                   White.paint(fairings.len()),
+                   Paint::white(fairings.len()),
                    kind,
-                   White.paint(names.join(", ")));
+                   Paint::white(names.join(", ")));
         }
 
-        info!("📡  {}:", Magenta.paint("Fairings"));
+        info!("📡  {}:", Paint::purple("Fairings"));
         info_if_nonempty("launch", &self.launch);
         info_if_nonempty("request", &self.request);
         info_if_nonempty("response", &self.response);
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index e07e453d..c14b5707 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 #[macro_use] extern crate pear;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")] extern crate rustls;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")] extern crate hyper_rustls;
-extern crate term_painter;
+extern crate yansi;
 extern crate hyper;
 extern crate url;
 extern crate toml;
diff --git a/lib/src/logger.rs b/lib/src/logger.rs
index 60fc8eb0..8e6d88ff 100644
--- a/lib/src/logger.rs
+++ b/lib/src/logger.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::fmt;
 
 use log::{self, Log, LogLevel, LogRecord, LogMetadata};
-use term_painter::Color::*;
-use term_painter::ToStyle;
+use yansi::Color::*;
 
 struct RocketLogger(LoggingLevel);
 
@@ -119,20 +118,20 @@ impl Log for RocketLogger {
         use log::LogLevel::*;
         match level {
             Info => println!("{}", Blue.paint(record.args())),
-            Trace => println!("{}", Magenta.paint(record.args())),
+            Trace => println!("{}", Purple.paint(record.args())),
             Error => {
                 println!("{} {}",
-                         Red.bold().paint("Error:"),
+                         Red.paint("Error:").bold(),
                          Red.paint(record.args()))
             }
             Warn => {
                 println!("{} {}",
-                         Yellow.bold().paint("Warning:"),
+                         Yellow.paint("Warning:").bold(),
                          Yellow.paint(record.args()))
             }
             Debug => {
                 let loc = record.location();
-                print!("\n{} ", Blue.bold().paint("-->"));
+                print!("\n{} ", Blue.paint("-->").bold());
                 println!("{}:{}", Blue.paint(loc.file()), Blue.paint(loc.line()));
                 println!("{}", record.args());
             }
diff --git a/lib/src/outcome.rs b/lib/src/outcome.rs
index b9dc5415..204174ab 100644
--- a/lib/src/outcome.rs
+++ b/lib/src/outcome.rs
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
-use term_painter::Color::*;
-use term_painter::Color;
-use term_painter::ToStyle;
+use yansi::{Paint, Color};
 
 use self::Outcome::*;
 
@@ -422,9 +420,9 @@ impl<S, E, F> Outcome<S, E, F> {
     #[inline]
     fn formatting(&self) -> (Color, &'static str) {
         match *self {
-            Success(..) => (Green, "Success"),
-            Failure(..) => (Red, "Failure"),
-            Forward(..) => (Yellow, "Forward"),
+            Success(..) => (Color::Green, "Success"),
+            Failure(..) => (Color::Red, "Failure"),
+            Forward(..) => (Color::Yellow, "Forward"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -438,6 +436,6 @@ impl<S, E, F> fmt::Debug for Outcome<S, E, F> {
 impl<S, E, F> fmt::Display for Outcome<S, E, F> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         let (color, string) = self.formatting();
-        write!(f, "{}", color.paint(string))
+        write!(f, "{}", Paint::new(string).fg(color))
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/request/request.rs b/lib/src/request/request.rs
index b6513c96..355cddbd 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/request.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/request.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::str;
 
-use term_painter::Color::*;
-use term_painter::ToStyle;
+use yansi::Paint;
 
 use state::{Container, Storage};
 
@@ -580,10 +579,10 @@ impl<'r> fmt::Display for Request<'r> {
     /// Pretty prints a Request. This is primarily used by Rocket's logging
     /// infrastructure.
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{} {}", Green.paint(&self.method), Blue.paint(&self.uri))?;
+        write!(f, "{} {}", Paint::green(&self.method), Paint::blue(&self.uri))?;
         if let Some(content_type) = self.content_type() {
             if self.method.supports_payload() {
-                write!(f, " {}", Yellow.paint(content_type))?;
+                write!(f, " {}", Paint::yellow(content_type))?;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/rocket.rs b/lib/src/rocket.rs
index bace2744..9de347a8 100644
--- a/lib/src/rocket.rs
+++ b/lib/src/rocket.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::mem;
 
-use term_painter::Color::*;
-use term_painter::ToStyle;
+use yansi::Paint;
 use state::Container;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")] use hyper_rustls::TlsServer;
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ impl Rocket {
     #[inline]
     fn issue_response(&self, response: Response, hyp_res: hyper::FreshResponse) {
         match self.write_response(response, hyp_res) {
-            Ok(_) => info_!("{}", Green.paint("Response succeeded.")),
+            Ok(_) => info_!("{}", Paint::green("Response succeeded.")),
             Err(e) => error_!("Failed to write response: {:?}.", e)
         }
     }
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ impl Rocket {
 
                 // There was no matching route.
                 if request.method() == Method::Head {
-                    info_!("Autohandling {} request.", White.paint("HEAD"));
+                    info_!("Autohandling {} request.", Paint::white("HEAD"));
                     request.set_method(Method::Get);
                     let mut response = self.dispatch(request, data);
                     response.strip_body();
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ impl Rocket {
 
             // Check if the request processing completed or if the request needs
             // to be forwarded. If it does, continue the loop to try again.
-            info_!("{} {}", White.paint("Outcome:"), outcome);
+            info_!("{} {}", Paint::white("Outcome:"), outcome);
             match outcome {
                 o@Outcome::Success(_) | o @Outcome::Failure(_) => return o,
                 Outcome::Forward(unused_data) => data = unused_data,
@@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ impl Rocket {
     // 500 catcher is executed. if there is no registered catcher for `status`,
     // the default catcher is used.
     fn handle_error<'r>(&self, status: Status, req: &'r Request) -> Response<'r> {
-        warn_!("Responding with {} catcher.", Red.paint(&status));
+        warn_!("Responding with {} catcher.", Paint::red(&status));
 
         // Try to get the active catcher but fallback to user's 500 catcher.
         let catcher = self.catchers.get(&status.code).unwrap_or_else(|| {
@@ -396,28 +395,28 @@ impl Rocket {
         }
 
         info!("🔧  Configured for {}.", config.environment);
-        info_!("address: {}", White.paint(&config.address));
-        info_!("port: {}", White.paint(&config.port));
-        info_!("log: {}", White.paint(config.log_level));
-        info_!("workers: {}", White.paint(config.workers));
-        info_!("secret key: {}", White.paint(config.secret_key.kind()));
-        info_!("limits: {}", White.paint(&config.limits));
+        info_!("address: {}", Paint::white(&config.address));
+        info_!("port: {}", Paint::white(&config.port));
+        info_!("log: {}", Paint::white(config.log_level));
+        info_!("workers: {}", Paint::white(config.workers));
+        info_!("secret key: {}", Paint::white(config.secret_key.kind()));
+        info_!("limits: {}", Paint::white(&config.limits));
 
         let tls_configured = config.tls.is_some();
         if tls_configured && cfg!(feature = "tls") {
-            info_!("tls: {}", White.paint("enabled"));
+            info_!("tls: {}", Paint::white("enabled"));
         } else {
             if tls_configured {
-                error_!("tls: {}", White.paint("disabled"));
+                error_!("tls: {}", Paint::white("disabled"));
                 error_!("tls is configured, but the tls feature is disabled");
             } else {
-                info_!("tls: {}", White.paint("disabled"));
+                info_!("tls: {}", Paint::white("disabled"));
             }
         }
 
         for (name, value) in config.extras() {
             info_!("{} {}: {}",
-                   Yellow.paint("[extra]"), name, White.paint(LoggedValue(value)));
+                   Paint::yellow("[extra]"), name, Paint::white(LoggedValue(value)));
         }
 
         Rocket {
@@ -483,7 +482,7 @@ impl Rocket {
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn mount(mut self, base: &str, routes: Vec<Route>) -> Self {
-        info!("🛰  {} '{}':", Magenta.paint("Mounting"), base);
+        info!("🛰  {} '{}':", Paint::purple("Mounting"), base);
 
         if base.contains('<') {
             error_!("Bad mount point: '{}'.", base);
@@ -534,11 +533,11 @@ impl Rocket {
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn catch(mut self, catchers: Vec<Catcher>) -> Self {
-        info!("👾  {}:", Magenta.paint("Catchers"));
+        info!("👾  {}:", Paint::purple("Catchers"));
         for c in catchers {
             if self.catchers.get(&c.code).map_or(false, |e| !e.is_default()) {
                 let msg = "(warning: duplicate catcher!)";
-                info_!("{} {}", c, Yellow.paint(msg));
+                info_!("{} {}", c, Paint::yellow(msg));
             } else {
                 info_!("{}", c);
             }
@@ -685,9 +684,9 @@ impl Rocket {
 
             let full_addr = format!("{}:{}", self.config.address, self.config.port);
             launch_info!("🚀  {} {}{}",
-                  White.paint("Rocket has launched from"),
-                  White.bold().paint(proto),
-                  White.bold().paint(&full_addr));
+                  Paint::white("Rocket has launched from"),
+                  Paint::white(proto).bold(),
+                  Paint::white(&full_addr).bold());
 
             let threads = self.config.workers as usize;
             if let Err(e) = server.handle_threads(self, threads) {
diff --git a/lib/src/router/route.rs b/lib/src/router/route.rs
index 55da3f23..548497cc 100644
--- a/lib/src/router/route.rs
+++ b/lib/src/router/route.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use std::convert::From;
 
-use term_painter::ToStyle;
-use term_painter::Color::*;
+use yansi::Color::*;
 
 use codegen::StaticRouteInfo;
 use handler::Handler;