diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 539931e5c..78a6521d8 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ var updateNotifier = require('update-notifier');
 var figures = require('figures');
 var arrify = require('arrify');
 var meow = require('meow');
-var chalk = require('chalk');
 var Promise = require('bluebird');
 var pkgConf = require('pkg-conf');
+var colors = require('./lib/colors');
 var verboseReporter = require('./lib/reporters/verbose');
 var miniReporter = require('./lib/reporters/mini');
 var tapReporter = require('./lib/reporters/tap');
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ api.run()
 	})
 	.catch(function (err) {
 		if (err.name === 'AvaError') {
-			console.log('  ' + chalk.red(figures.cross) + ' ' + err.message);
+			console.log('  ' + colors.error(figures.cross) + ' ' + err.message);
 		} else {
-			console.error(err.stack);
+			console.error(colors.stack(err.stack));
 		}
 
 		logger.exit(1);
diff --git a/lib/colors.js b/lib/colors.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9cc10741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/colors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var chalk = require('chalk');
+
+module.exports = {
+	error: chalk.red,
+	skip: chalk.yellow,
+	pass: chalk.green,
+	duration: chalk.gray.dim,
+	stack: chalk.red
+};
diff --git a/lib/reporters/mini.js b/lib/reporters/mini.js
index d6f39dad6..9cf79eca7 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/mini.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/mini.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 var logUpdate = require('log-update');
-var chalk = require('chalk');
+var colors = require('../colors');
 var plur = require('plur');
 var beautifyStack = require('../beautify-stack');
 
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ MiniReporter.prototype.test = function (test) {
 	var title;
 
 	if (test.skip) {
-		title = chalk.yellow('- ' + test.title);
+		title = colors.skip('- ' + test.title);
 		this.skipCount++;
 	} else if (test.error) {
-		title = chalk.red(test.title);
+		title = colors.error(test.title);
 		this.failCount++;
 	} else {
-		title = chalk.green(test.title);
+		title = colors.pass(test.title);
 		this.passCount++;
 	}
 
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ MiniReporter.prototype.test = function (test) {
 	status += '\n\n';
 
 	if (this.passCount > 0) {
-		status += '  ' + chalk.green(this.passCount, 'passed');
+		status += '  ' + colors.pass(this.passCount, 'passed');
 	}
 
 	if (this.failCount > 0) {
-		status += '  ' + chalk.red(this.failCount, 'failed');
+		status += '  ' + colors.error(this.failCount, 'failed');
 	}
 
 	return status;
@@ -66,23 +66,23 @@ MiniReporter.prototype.finish = function () {
 	var status = '\n';
 
 	if (this.passCount > 0) {
-		status += '  ' + chalk.green(this.passCount, 'passed');
+		status += '  ' + colors.pass(this.passCount, 'passed');
 	}
 
 	if (this.skipCount > 0) {
-		status += '  ' + chalk.yellow(this.skipCount, 'skipped');
+		status += '  ' + colors.skip(this.skipCount, 'skipped');
 	}
 
 	if (this.failCount > 0) {
-		status += '  ' + chalk.red(this.failCount, 'failed');
+		status += '  ' + colors.error(this.failCount, 'failed');
 	}
 
 	if (this.rejectionCount > 0) {
-		status += '\n  ' + chalk.red(this.rejectionCount, plur('rejection', this.rejectionCount));
+		status += '\n  ' + colors.error(this.rejectionCount, plur('rejection', this.rejectionCount));
 	}
 
 	if (this.exceptionCount > 0) {
-		status += '\n  ' + chalk.red(this.exceptionCount, plur('exception', this.exceptionCount));
+		status += '\n  ' + colors.error(this.exceptionCount, plur('exception', this.exceptionCount));
 	}
 
 	var i = 0;
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ MiniReporter.prototype.finish = function () {
 				description = JSON.stringify(test);
 			}
 
-			status += '\n\n  ' + chalk.red(i + '.', title) + '\n';
-			status += chalk.red(description);
+			status += '\n\n  ' + colors.error(i + '.', title) + '\n';
+			status += colors.stack(description);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ MiniReporter.prototype.finish = function () {
 			var title = err.type === 'rejection' ? 'Unhandled Rejection' : 'Uncaught Exception';
 			var description = err.stack ? beautifyStack(err.stack) : JSON.stringify(err);
 
-			status += '\n\n  ' + chalk.red(i + '.', title) + '\n';
-			status += '  ' + chalk.red(description);
+			status += '\n\n  ' + colors.error(i + '.', title) + '\n';
+			status += '  ' + colors.stack(description);
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/reporters/verbose.js b/lib/reporters/verbose.js
index e322ac242..82351b13e 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/verbose.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/verbose.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 var prettyMs = require('pretty-ms');
 var figures = require('figures');
-var chalk = require('chalk');
+var colors = require('../colors');
 var plur = require('plur');
 var beautifyStack = require('../beautify-stack');
 
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ VerboseReporter.prototype.start = function () {
 
 VerboseReporter.prototype.test = function (test) {
 	if (test.error) {
-		return '  ' + chalk.red(figures.cross) + ' ' + test.title + ' ' + chalk.red(test.error.message);
+		return '  ' + colors.error(figures.cross) + ' ' + test.title + ' ' + colors.error(test.error.message);
 	}
 
 	if (test.skip) {
-		return '  ' + chalk.cyan('- ' + test.title);
+		return '  ' + colors.skip('- ' + test.title);
 	}
 
 	if (this.api.fileCount === 1 && this.api.testCount === 1 && test.title === '[anonymous]') {
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ VerboseReporter.prototype.test = function (test) {
 
 	// display duration only over a threshold
 	var threshold = 100;
-	var duration = test.duration > threshold ? chalk.gray.dim(' (' + prettyMs(test.duration) + ')') : '';
+	var duration = test.duration > threshold ? colors.duration(' (' + prettyMs(test.duration) + ')') : '';
 
-	return '  ' + chalk.green(figures.tick) + ' ' + test.title + duration;
+	return '  ' + colors.pass(figures.tick) + ' ' + test.title + duration;
 };
 
 VerboseReporter.prototype.unhandledError = function (err) {
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ VerboseReporter.prototype.unhandledError = function (err) {
 		exception: 'Uncaught Exception'
 	};
 
-	var output = chalk.red(types[err.type] + ':', err.file) + '\n';
+	var output = colors.error(types[err.type] + ':', err.file) + '\n';
 
 	if (err.stack) {
-		output += '  ' + chalk.red(beautifyStack(err.stack)) + '\n';
+		output += '  ' + colors.stack(beautifyStack(err.stack)) + '\n';
 	} else {
-		output += '  ' + chalk.red(JSON.stringify(err)) + '\n';
+		output += '  ' + colors.stack(JSON.stringify(err)) + '\n';
 	}
 
 	output += '\n';
@@ -60,21 +60,21 @@ VerboseReporter.prototype.finish = function () {
 	var output = '\n';
 
 	if (this.api.failCount > 0) {
-		output += '  ' + chalk.red(this.api.failCount, plur('test', this.api.failCount), 'failed') + '\n';
+		output += '  ' + colors.error(this.api.failCount, plur('test', this.api.failCount), 'failed') + '\n';
 	} else {
-		output += '  ' + chalk.green(this.api.passCount, plur('test', this.api.passCount), 'passed') + '\n';
+		output += '  ' + colors.pass(this.api.passCount, plur('test', this.api.passCount), 'passed') + '\n';
 	}
 
 	if (this.api.skipCount > 0) {
-		output += '  ' + chalk.yellow(this.api.skipCount, plur('test', this.api.skipCount), 'skipped') + '\n';
+		output += '  ' + colors.skip(this.api.skipCount, plur('test', this.api.skipCount), 'skipped') + '\n';
 	}
 
 	if (this.api.rejectionCount > 0) {
-		output += '  ' + chalk.red(this.api.rejectionCount, 'unhandled', plur('rejection', this.api.rejectionCount)) + '\n';
+		output += '  ' + colors.error(this.api.rejectionCount, 'unhandled', plur('rejection', this.api.rejectionCount)) + '\n';
 	}
 
 	if (this.api.exceptionCount > 0) {
-		output += '  ' + chalk.red(this.api.exceptionCount, 'uncaught', plur('exception', this.api.exceptionCount)) + '\n';
+		output += '  ' + colors.error(this.api.exceptionCount, 'uncaught', plur('exception', this.api.exceptionCount)) + '\n';
 	}
 
 	if (this.api.failCount > 0) {
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ VerboseReporter.prototype.finish = function () {
 
 			i++;
 
-			output += '  ' + chalk.red(i + '.', test.title) + '\n';
-			output += '  ' + chalk.red(beautifyStack(test.error.stack)) + '\n';
+			output += '  ' + colors.error(i + '.', test.title) + '\n';
+			output += '  ' + colors.stack(beautifyStack(test.error.stack)) + '\n';
 		});
 	}