diff --git a/man/tio.1.in b/man/tio.1.in
index b061750..176f844 100644
--- a/man/tio.1.in
+++ b/man/tio.1.in
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Sections can be used to group settings and their names are only used for readabi
 tio will try to match the user input to a section pattern to get the tty and other options.
 
 .TP
-The following options are available:
+The following configuration file options are available:
 
 .IP "\fBpattern"
 pattern matching user input. This pattern can be an extended regular expression with a single group.
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ Prefix each new line with a timestamp
 Set log filename
 .IP "\fBmap"
 Map special characters on input or output
+.IP "\fBcolor"
+Colorize tio text using ANSI color code ranging from 0 to 255.
 
 .SH "CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES"
 
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ A Typical section used as a short-hand would be defined as such:
 pattern=ftdi
 baudrate=115200
 tty=/dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_TTL232R-3V3_FTGQVXBL-if00-port0
+color=11
 .ec
 .fi
 .RE
diff --git a/src/configfile.c b/src/configfile.c
index fc9bbd6..b06bd4d 100644
--- a/src/configfile.c
+++ b/src/configfile.c
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ static int data_handler(void *user, const char *section, const char *name,
         asprintf(&c->map, "%s", value);
         option.map = c->map;
     }
+    else if (!strcmp(name, "color"))
+    {
+        option.color = atoi(value);
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }