diff --git a/dockcheck.sh b/dockcheck.sh
index e217855..3135171 100755
--- a/dockcheck.sh
+++ b/dockcheck.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ Help() {
   echo "-s     Include stopped containers in the check. (Logic: docker ps -a)"
 }
 
+### Colors:
+c_red="\033[0;31m"
+c_green="\033[0;32m"
+c_yellow="\033[0;33m"
+c_blue="\033[0;34m"
+c_teal="\033[0;36m"
+c_reset="\033[0m"
+
+
 Stopped=""
 while getopts "aynprhse:d:" options; do
   case "${options}" in
@@ -172,7 +181,7 @@ done
 
 ### Listing typed exclusions:
 if [[ -n ${Excludes[*]} ]] ; then
-  printf "\n\033[0;34mExcluding these names:\033[0m\n"
+  printf "\n%bExcluding these names:%b\n" $c_blue $c_reset
   printf "%s\n" "${Excludes[@]}"
   printf "\n"
 fi
@@ -211,22 +220,22 @@ UpdCount="${#GotUpdates[@]}"
 
 ### List what containers got updates or not
 if [[ -n ${NoUpdates[*]} ]] ; then
-  printf "\n\033[0;32mContainers on latest version:\033[0m\n"
+  printf "\n%bContainers on latest version:%b\n" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
   printf "%s\n" "${NoUpdates[@]}"
 fi
 if [[ -n ${GotErrors[*]} ]] ; then
-  printf "\n\033[0;31mContainers with errors, wont get updated:\033[0m\n"
+  printf "\n%bContainers with errors, wont get updated:%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset"
   printf "%s\n" "${GotErrors[@]}"
 fi
 if [[ -n ${GotUpdates[*]} ]] ; then 
-   printf "\n\033[0;33mContainers with updates available:\033[0m\n"
+   printf "\n%bContainers with updates available:%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
    [[ -z "$UpdYes" ]] && options || printf "%s\n" "${GotUpdates[@]}"
 fi
 
 ### Optionally get updates if there's any 
 if [ -n "$GotUpdates" ] ; then
   if [ -z "$UpdYes" ] ; then
-  printf "\n\033[0;36mChoose what containers to update.\033[0m\n"
+  printf "\n%bChoose what containers to update.%b\n" "$c_teal" "$c_reset"
   choosecontainers
   else
     SelectedUpdates=( "${GotUpdates[@]}" )
@@ -249,7 +258,7 @@ if [ -n "$GotUpdates" ] ; then
           docker pull "$ContImage"
           printf "%s\n" "$i got a new image downloaded, rebuild manually with preferred 'docker run'-parameters"
         else
-          printf "\n\033[33;1m%s\033[0m has no compose labels, probably started with docker run - \033[33;1mskipping\033[0m\n\n" "$i"
+          printf "\n%b%s%b has no compose labels, probably started with docker run - %bskipping%b\n\n" "$c_yellow" "$i" "$c_reset" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
         fi
         continue 
       fi
@@ -261,7 +270,7 @@ if [ -n "$GotUpdates" ] ; then
       fi
       ### cd to the compose-file directory to account for people who use relative volumes, eg - ${PWD}/data:data
       cd "$ContPath" || { echo "Path error - skipping $i" ; continue ; }
-      printf "\n\033[0;36mNow updating (%s/%s): \033[0;34m%s\033[0m\n" "$CurrentQue" "$NumberofUpdates" "$i"
+      printf "\n%bNow updating (%s/%s): %b%s%b\n" "$c_teal" "$CurrentQue" "$NumberofUpdates" "$c_blue" "$i" "$c_reset"
       docker pull "$ContImage"
       ### Reformat for multi-compose:
       IFS=',' read -r -a Confs <<< "$ComposeFile" ; unset IFS
@@ -274,7 +283,7 @@ if [ -n "$GotUpdates" ] ; then
         $DockerBin ${CompleteConfs[@]} up -d "$ContName" # unquoted array to allow split - rework?
       fi
     done
-    printf "\033[0;32mAll done!\033[0m\n"
+    printf "\n%bAll done!%b\n" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
     [[ -z "$PruneQ" ]] && read -r -p "Would you like to prune dangling images? y/[n]: " PruneQ
     [[ "$PruneQ" =~ [yY] ]] && docker image prune -f 
   else