diff --git a/lib/Constants.coffee b/lib/Constants.coffee
index d4c2289..94dc53d 100644
--- a/lib/Constants.coffee
+++ b/lib/Constants.coffee
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ figure =
 module.exports =
   DECORATE_COUNTER_ZERO_N : 4
   UNMUTED                 : 'all'
-  LINE_COLOR              : 'gray'
+  LINE_COLOR              : ['gray']
   SYMBOL_KEYWORD          : 'symbol'
   MUTED                   : 'muted'
   FIGURE                  : figure[process.platform is 'win32']
diff --git a/lib/Default.coffee b/lib/Default.coffee
index a878492..66239eb 100644
--- a/lib/Default.coffee
+++ b/lib/Default.coffee
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ module.exports = () ->
 
   colorize: (colors, message) ->
     return message unless @color
-    colors  = colors.split ' '
     (stylize = getColor color) for color in colors
     stylize message
 
@@ -141,27 +140,27 @@ module.exports = () ->
   types:
     debug:
       level : 4
-      color : 'white'
+      color : ['white']
       symbol: CONST.FIGURE.info
 
     info:
       level     : 3
-      color     : '#33ccff'
+      color     : ['#33ccff']
       separator : ' '
       symbol    : CONST.FIGURE.info
 
     warn:
       level     : 2
-      color     : '#ffcc33'
+      color     : ['#ffcc33']
       separator : ' '
       symbol    : CONST.FIGURE.warning
 
     error:
       level  : 1
-      color  : '#FF3333'
+      color  : ['#FF3333']
       symbol : CONST.FIGURE.error
 
     fatal:
       level  : 0
-      color  : '#ff3366'
+      color  : ['#ff3366']
       symbol : CONST.FIGURE.error
diff --git a/test/test.coffee b/test/test.coffee
index 3fd08a0..97e0399 100755
--- a/test/test.coffee
+++ b/test/test.coffee
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ Acho   = require '..'
 util = require './util'
 should = require 'should'
 
-createAcho = ->
-  Acho
-    color: true
-    outputType: (type) -> "[#{type}] » "
-    transport: util.createFakeTransport()
-
+createAcho = (opts) -> Acho(Object.assign({}, {
+  color: true
+  outputType: (type) -> "[#{type}] » "
+  transport: util.createFakeTransport()
+  }, opts))
 
 describe 'Acho ::', ->
 
@@ -61,15 +60,17 @@ describe 'Acho ::', ->
       @acho.transport.store[0].should.be.equal expected
 
     it 'change the color behavior',  ->
-      acho = createAcho()
-      acho.types.error.color = 'underline bgRed'
+      acho = createAcho(
+        types: error: color: ['underline', 'bgRed']
+      )
+
       acho.push 'error', 'hello world'
       acho.print()
 
       acho.transport.store.length.should.be.equal 1
       expected = '\u001b[41m[error] » \u001b[49m \u001b[90mhello world\u001b[39m'
       acho.transport.store[0].should.be.equal expected
-      Acho.defaults().types.error.color.should.be.equal('#FF3333')
+      Acho.defaults().types.error.color.should.be.eql(['#FF3333'])
 
     it 'no ouptut messages out of the level',  ->
       level = @acho.level