diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vga.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vga.c
index 18cd183a..3b66f271 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vga.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vga.c
@@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ int vga_puts(const char *text)
 }
 
 /* Sets the forecolor and backcolor we will use */
-//void settextcolor(unsigned char forecolor, unsigned char backcolor)
-//{
+void settextcolor(unsigned char forecolor, unsigned char backcolor)
+{
 
 	/* 
 	 * Top 4 bytes are the background, bottom 4 bytes
 	 * are the foreground color 
 	 */
-//	attrib = (backcolor << 4) | (forecolor & 0x0F);
-//}
+	attrib = ((backcolor & 0x0F) << 4) | (forecolor & 0x0F);
+}
 
 /* Sets our text-mode VGA pointer, then clears the screen for us */
 void vga_init(void)
diff --git a/include/metalsvm/stdio.h b/include/metalsvm/stdio.h
index 6f9fc20e..cd5d2a61 100644
--- a/include/metalsvm/stdio.h
+++ b/include/metalsvm/stdio.h
@@ -74,6 +74,45 @@ int koutput_init(void);
  */
 int kvprintf(char const *fmt, void (*func) (int, void *), void *arg, int radix, va_list ap);
 
+/** @brief Set a new foreground color for kprintf and kputchar.
+ *
+ * The color change will affect any procedure using vga_putchar()/vga_puts().
+ * This procedure pushes the color onto a colorstack making you
+ * able to revert this change just with a popfg().
+ * */
+void pushfg(unsigned char fgcol);
+
+/** @brief Set a new background color for kprintf and kputchar.
+ *
+ * The color change will affect any procedure using vga_putchar()/vga_puts().
+ * This procedure pushes the color onto a colorstack making you
+ * able to revert this change just with a popbg().
+ * */
+void pushbg(unsigned char bgcol);
+
+#define COL_BLACK     0
+#define COL_BLUE      1
+#define COL_GREEN     2
+#define COL_CYAN      3
+#define COL_RED       4
+#define COL_MAGENTA   5
+#define COL_BROWN     6
+#define COL_LGRAY     7
+#define COL_DGRAY     8
+#define COL_LBLUE     9
+#define COL_LGREEN   10
+#define COL_LCYAN    11
+#define COL_LRED     12
+#define COL_LMAGENTA 13
+#define COL_LYELLOW  14
+#define COL_WHITE    15
+
+/** @brief Revert the last foreground color change introduced by pushfg() */
+void popfg();
+
+/** @brief Revert the last background color change introduced by pushfg() */
+void popbg();
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/main.c b/kernel/main.c
index 2d9caca9..daf7f3af 100644
--- a/kernel/main.c
+++ b/kernel/main.c
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ int main(void)
 {
 	lowlevel_init();
 
-	kprintf("This is MetalSVM %s Build %u, %u\n", METALSVM_VERSION, &__BUILD_DATE, &__BUILD_TIME);
+	pushbg(COL_BLUE);
+	kprintf("This is MetalSVM %s Build %u, %u\n", 
+			METALSVM_VERSION, &__BUILD_DATE, &__BUILD_TIME);
+	popbg();
 
 	system_init();
 	irq_init();
diff --git a/libkern/printf.c b/libkern/printf.c
index 780184bb..416d2893 100644
--- a/libkern/printf.c
+++ b/libkern/printf.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <metalsvm/string.h>
+#include <metalsvm/spinlock.h>
 
 #define __64BIT__
 
@@ -74,6 +75,14 @@ char const hex2ascii_data[] = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 /* Max number conversion buffer length: a u_quad_t in base 2, plus NUL byte. */
 #define MAXNBUF	(sizeof(intmax_t) * NBBY + 1)
 
+#define COLOR_STACK_SIZE 10
+static int fgstack[COLOR_STACK_SIZE] = {0xf};
+static int bgstack[COLOR_STACK_SIZE] = {0x0};
+static unsigned int fgstack_pos = 0;
+static unsigned int bgstack_pos = 0;
+static spinlock_t fglock = SPINLOCK_INIT;
+static spinlock_t bglock = SPINLOCK_INIT;
+
 /*
  * Put a NUL-terminated ASCII number (base <= 36) in a buffer in reverse
  * order; return an optional length and a pointer to the last character
@@ -483,3 +492,57 @@ int kprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+extern void settextcolor(unsigned char forecolor, unsigned char backcolor);
+
+void pushfg(unsigned char fgcol)
+{
+	spinlock_lock(&fglock);
+	/* Ignore this request if the stack is full */
+	if (fgstack_pos == COLOR_STACK_SIZE) goto rel_pushfglock;
+
+	++fgstack_pos;
+	fgstack[fgstack_pos] = fgcol;
+
+	settextcolor(fgstack[fgstack_pos], bgstack[bgstack_pos]);
+rel_pushfglock:
+	spinlock_unlock(&fglock);
+}
+
+void pushbg(unsigned char bgcol)
+{
+	spinlock_lock(&bglock);
+	/* Ignore this request if the stack is full */
+	if (bgstack_pos == COLOR_STACK_SIZE) goto rel_pushbglock;
+
+	++bgstack_pos;
+	bgstack[bgstack_pos] = bgcol;
+
+	settextcolor(fgstack[fgstack_pos], bgstack[bgstack_pos]);
+rel_pushbglock:
+	spinlock_unlock(&bglock);
+}
+
+void popfg()
+{
+	spinlock_lock(&fglock);
+	/* Ignore if we're already at the stack's bottom */
+	if (!fgstack_pos) goto rel_popfglock;
+
+	--fgstack_pos;
+	settextcolor(fgstack[fgstack_pos], bgstack[bgstack_pos]);
+rel_popfglock:
+	spinlock_unlock(&fglock);
+}
+
+void popbg()
+{
+	spinlock_lock(&bglock);
+	/* Ignore if we're already at the stack's bottom */
+	if (!bgstack_pos) goto rel_popbglock;
+
+	--bgstack_pos;
+	settextcolor(fgstack[fgstack_pos], bgstack[bgstack_pos]);
+rel_popbglock:
+	spinlock_unlock(&bglock);
+}