diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.c b/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.c
index ed7588be..d2176205 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.c
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.c
@@ -1,12 +1,61 @@
+#include <SDL_stdinc.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#if defined(__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #define STDOUT_IS_TTY isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)
+ #define STDERR_IS_TTY isatty(STDERR_FILENO)
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+ #include <io.h>
+ #include <windows.h>
+ #define STDOUT_IS_TTY _isatty(_fileno(stdout))
+ #define STDERR_IS_TTY _isatty(_fileno(stderr))
+#else
+ #define STDOUT_IS_TTY 0
+ #define STDERR_IS_TTY 0
+#endif
+
+#define COLOR(EXPR) color_enabled ? EXPR : ""
+
+#define Color_RESET COLOR("\x1b[0m")
+#define Color_BOLD COLOR("\x1b[1m")
+#define Color_BOLD_YELLOW COLOR("\x1b[1;33m")
+#define Color_BOLD_RED COLOR("\x1b[1;31m")
+
+static int color_enabled = 0;
+
+void vlog_init(void)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    OSVERSIONINFO osvi;
+    SDL_zero(osvi);
+    osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
+    GetVersionExW(&osvi);
+#endif
+
+    if (STDOUT_IS_TTY
+    && STDERR_IS_TTY
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    /* Windows supports ANSI escape sequences starting with Windows 10
+     * build 10586. We don't care to emit them on anything lower. */
+    && osvi.dwMajorVersion >= 10
+    && osvi.dwBuildNumber >= 10586
+#endif
+    ) {
+        color_enabled = 1;
+    }
+}
+
 int vlog_info(const char* text, ...)
 {
     va_list list;
     int retval;
 
-    printf("[INFO] ");
+    printf(Color_BOLD);
+    printf("[INFO]");
+    printf(Color_RESET);
+    printf(" ");
 
     va_start(list, text);
     retval = vprintf(text, list);
@@ -22,7 +71,10 @@ int vlog_warn(const char* text, ...)
     va_list list;
     int retval;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "[WARN] ");
+    fprintf(stderr, Color_BOLD_YELLOW);
+    fprintf(stderr, "[WARN]");
+    fprintf(stderr, Color_RESET);
+    fprintf(stderr, " ");
 
     va_start(list, text);
     retval = vfprintf(stderr, text, list);
@@ -38,7 +90,10 @@ int vlog_error(const char* text, ...)
     va_list list;
     int retval;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR] ");
+    fprintf(stderr, Color_BOLD_RED);
+    fprintf(stderr, "[ERROR]");
+    fprintf(stderr, Color_RESET);
+    fprintf(stderr, " ");
 
     va_start(list, text);
     retval = vfprintf(stderr, text, list);
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.h b/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.h
index 3189fadd..f81aa067 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Vlogging.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ extern "C"
 {
 #endif
 
+void vlog_init(void);
+
 int vlog_info(const char* text, ...);
 
 int vlog_warn(const char* text, ...);
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
index 7e8031c4..2b909a98 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     char* baseDir = NULL;
     char* assetsPath = NULL;
 
+    vlog_init();
+
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
     {
 #define ARG(name) (SDL_strcmp(argv[i], name) == 0)