diff --git a/lib/cmd/which.ps1 b/lib/cmd/which.ps1
index 5ef77998..e5a50893 100644
--- a/lib/cmd/which.ps1
+++ b/lib/cmd/which.ps1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if("$path" -like "$abs_shimdir*") {
 	$shimtext = gc $path
 	$shimtext | sls '(?m)^\$path = ''([^'']+)''' | % { $_.matches[0].groups[1].value }
 } else {
-	warn "(non-scoop) $path" -f yellow -nonewline
+	warn "(non-scoop) $path" -f darkyellow -nonewline
 	exit 1
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/core.ps1 b/lib/core.ps1
index 2a33647e..aa50b83d 100644
--- a/lib/core.ps1
+++ b/lib/core.ps1
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ function format($str, $hash) {
 }
 
 # messages
-function abort($msg) { write-host $msg -b darkred -f white; exit 1 }
-function warn($msg) { write-host $msg -f yellow; }
-function success($msg) { write-host $msg -b green -f black; }
+function abort($msg) { write-host $msg -f darkred; exit 1 }
+function warn($msg) { write-host $msg -f darkyellow; }
+function success($msg) { write-host $msg -f darkgreen }
 
 # apps
 function appdir($app) { "$scoopdir\apps\$app" }
diff --git a/lib/install.ps1 b/lib/install.ps1
index c9e04e8a..7b6db626 100644
--- a/lib/install.ps1
+++ b/lib/install.ps1
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function run($exe, $arg, $msg, $continue_exit_codes) {
 			write-host "exit code was $($proc.exitcode)"; return $false
 		}
 	} catch {
-		write-host -f red $_.exception.tostring()
+		write-host -f darkred $_.exception.tostring()
 		return $false
 	}
 	write-host "done"
diff --git a/tests/vimrc.ps1 b/tests/vimrc.ps1
index 246e7041..da7f3aa0 100644
--- a/tests/vimrc.ps1
+++ b/tests/vimrc.ps1
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $append = "set shell=powershell.exe"
 $append | out-file $dst -append -encoding ascii
 
 if((gc $dst)[-1] -eq $append) {
-    write-host "ok" -f green
+    write-host "ok" -f darkgreen
 } else {
-    write-host ((gc $dst) | select -last 3) -f red
+    write-host ((gc $dst) | select -last 3) -f darkred
 }