diff --git a/console.go b/console.go
index e13d419..90829b0 100644
--- a/console.go
+++ b/console.go
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-const (
-	colorBold = iota + 1
-	colorFaint
-)
-
 const (
 	colorBlack = iota + 30
 	colorRed
@@ -27,6 +22,9 @@ const (
 	colorMagenta
 	colorCyan
 	colorWhite
+
+	colorBold     = 1
+	colorDarkGray = 90
 )
 
 var (
@@ -299,7 +297,7 @@ func consoleDefaultFormatTimestamp(timeFormat string, noColor bool) Formatter {
 		case json.Number:
 			t = tt.String()
 		}
-		return colorize(t, colorFaint, noColor)
+		return colorize(t, colorDarkGray, noColor)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -342,7 +340,7 @@ func consoleDefaultFormatCaller(noColor bool) Formatter {
 				c = strings.TrimPrefix(c, cwd)
 				c = strings.TrimPrefix(c, "/")
 			}
-			c = colorize(c, colorBold, noColor) + colorize(" >", colorFaint, noColor)
+			c = colorize(c, colorBold, noColor) + colorize(" >", colorCyan, noColor)
 		}
 		return c
 	}
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ func consoleDefaultFormatMessage(i interface{}) string {
 
 func consoleDefaultFormatFieldName(noColor bool) Formatter {
 	return func(i interface{}) string {
-		return colorize(fmt.Sprintf("%s=", i), colorFaint, noColor)
+		return colorize(fmt.Sprintf("%s=", i), colorCyan, noColor)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/console_test.go b/console_test.go
index 5bdfdaa..2ff2a43 100644
--- a/console_test.go
+++ b/console_test.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestConsoleWriter(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
 		}
 
-		expectedOutput := "\x1b[2m<nil>\x1b[0m \x1b[31mWRN\x1b[0m Foobar\n"
+		expectedOutput := "\x1b[90m<nil>\x1b[0m \x1b[31mWRN\x1b[0m Foobar\n"
 		actualOutput := buf.String()
 		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
@@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ func TestConsoleWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("Write colorized fields", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: false}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"level" : "warn", "message" : "Foobar", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "\x1b[90m<nil>\x1b[0m \x1b[31mWRN\x1b[0m Foobar \x1b[36mfoo=\x1b[0mbar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Write error field", func(t *testing.T) {
 		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true}