diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 487dcde..a1a0bd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -195,6 +195,19 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e1f83fc076bd6dd27517eacdf25fef6c4dfe5f1d7448bafaaf3a26f13b5e4eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossterm"
 version = "0.27.0"
@@ -220,6 +233,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "eyre"
 version = "0.6.12"
@@ -255,6 +274,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap-stdin",
  "color-eyre",
+ "console",
  "crossterm",
  "textwrap",
  "unicode-width",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6015a7c..e1289e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
 clap-stdin = "0.4.0"
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
+console = "0.15.8"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 textwrap = "0.16.1"
 unicode-width = "0.1.12"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bea360b..94dc54c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ kittysay <message>
 echo <message> | kittysay
 ```
 
+You can customize the output colors.
+
+```sh
+# -c <message color> <cat color>
+kittysay -c 2 5 <message>
+echo <message> | kittysay -c 2 5
+```
+
 ### `--width`
 
 You can use the `--width` flag to change the width of the speech bubble. Defaults to `45`, maxes out at a little less than the width of your terminal if you try to pass a very large number.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f818428..a9495f4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ struct Cli {
 	/// Enable kittythink mode (thought bubble)
 	#[clap(long, short)]
 	think: bool,
+	/// Use custom colors. The first colors the message, the second colors the cat
+	#[arg(long, short, num_args(2))]
+	colors: Option<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -75,18 +78,13 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 	let mut lines = wrap(&args.message, width as usize);
 	let longest = lines.iter().map(|line| line.width()).max().unwrap();
 
-	println!(
+	let msg = format!(
 		"
   {}
 {}
   {}
   {}
-    {}
-      ／l、
-    （ﾟ､ ｡ ７
-      l  ~ヽ
-      じしf_,)ノ
-    ",
+    {}",
 		chars.top.repeat(longest),
 		if lines.len() == 1 {
 			format!("{} {} {}", chars.single_left, lines[0], chars.single_right)
@@ -126,5 +124,25 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 		chars.arrow,
 	);
 
+	let mut msg_color = console::Color::White;
+	let mut cat_color = console::Color::White;
+	if let Some(colors) = args.colors {
+		msg_color = console::Color::Color256(colors[0]);
+		cat_color = console::Color::Color256(colors[1]);
+	}
+
+	let cat = "
+      ／l、
+    （ﾟ､ ｡ ７
+      l  ~ヽ
+      じしf_,)ノ
+	";
+
+	println!(
+		"{}{}",
+		console::style(msg).fg(msg_color),
+		console::style(cat).fg(cat_color)
+	);
+
 	Ok(())
 }