diff --git a/intlogger.go b/intlogger.go
index 0f63466..1a80008 100644
--- a/intlogger.go
+++ b/intlogger.go
@@ -55,11 +55,25 @@ var (
 
 	faintBoldColor                 = color.New(color.Faint, color.Bold)
 	faintColor                     = color.New(color.Faint)
-	faintMultiLinePrefix           = faintColor.Sprint("  | ")
-	faintFieldSeparator            = faintColor.Sprint("=")
-	faintFieldSeparatorWithNewLine = faintColor.Sprint("=\n")
+	faintMultiLinePrefix           string
+	faintFieldSeparator            string
+	faintFieldSeparatorWithNewLine string
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// Force all the colors to enabled because we do our own detection of color usage.
+	for _, c := range _levelToColor {
+		c.EnableColor()
+	}
+
+	faintBoldColor.EnableColor()
+	faintColor.EnableColor()
+
+	faintMultiLinePrefix = faintColor.Sprint("  | ")
+	faintFieldSeparator = faintColor.Sprint("=")
+	faintFieldSeparatorWithNewLine = faintColor.Sprint("=\n")
+}
+
 // Make sure that intLogger is a Logger
 var _ Logger = &intLogger{}
 
diff --git a/logger_test.go b/logger_test.go
index 1d10e3e..1ab9fd5 100644
--- a/logger_test.go
+++ b/logger_test.go
@@ -257,6 +257,38 @@ func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "[INFO]  sublogger: this is test\n", rest)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("can force colors to on in any context", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+			t.Skip("colors are different on windows")
+		}
+
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+		logger := New(&LoggerOptions{
+			// No name!
+			Output:     &buf,
+			Level:      Trace,
+			Color:      ForceColor,
+			TimeFormat: "<time>",
+		})
+
+		logger.Trace("trace")
+		logger.Debug("debug")
+		logger.Info("info")
+		logger.Warn("warn")
+		logger.Error("error")
+		str := buf.String()
+
+		assert.Equal(t, ""+
+			"\033[92m<time> [TRACE] trace\n\033[0m"+
+			"\033[97m<time> [DEBUG] debug\n\033[0m"+
+			"\033[94m<time> [INFO]  info\n\033[0m"+
+			"\033[93m<time> [WARN]  warn\n\033[0m"+
+			"\033[91m<time> [ERROR] error\n\033[0m",
+			str,
+		)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("use a different time format", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var buf bytes.Buffer