diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc55968a..de701532 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Just copy the source [folder](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/tree/master/inclu
 * Various log targets:
     * Rotating log files.
     * Daily log files.
-    * Console logging.
+    * Console logging (including colors).
     * Linux syslog.
     * Easily extendable with custom log targets  (just implement a single function in the [sink](include/spdlog/sinks/sink.h) interface).
 * Severity based filtering - threshold levels can be modified in runtime as well as in compile time.
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ int main(int, char* [])
         auto syslog_logger = spd::syslog_logger("syslog", ident, LOG_PID);
         syslog_logger->warn("This is warning that will end up in syslog. This is Linux only!");
         #endif
+        
+        //colored console sink example 
+        auto console_out = spdlog::sinks::stderr_sink_st::instance();
+        auto color_sink = std::make_shared<spd::sinks::ansicolor_sink>(console_out);  // wraps around another sink
+        auto color_logger = spd::details::registry::instance().create("Color", color_sink);
+        color_sink->set_color(spd::level::info, color_sink->bold + color_sink->green);
+        color_logger->info("Testing color logger...");
     }
     catch (const spd::spdlog_ex& ex)
     {
diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index 378e8b8e..a6bcc3d1 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void color_example()
 	auto color_sink = std::make_shared<spd::sinks::ansicolor_sink>(console_out);  // wraps around another sink
 	auto color_logger = spd::details::registry::instance().create("Color", color_sink);
 	color_logger->set_level(spd::level::trace);
-	color_sink->setColor(spd::level::info, color_sink->bold + color_sink->green);
+	color_sink->set_color(spd::level::info, color_sink->bold + color_sink->green);
 	color_logger->info("Testing color logger...");
 	color_logger->trace("Trace");
 	color_logger->debug("Debug");
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
index 0b79990b..a1b8f0e8 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright(c) 2016 Kevin M. Godby.
+// Copyright(c) 2016 Kevin M. Godby (modified version by spdlog).
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 //
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace sinks {
  */
 class ansicolor_sink : public sink {
 public:
-    ansicolor_sink(sink_ptr sink);
+    ansicolor_sink(sink_ptr wrapped_sink);
     virtual ~ansicolor_sink();
 
     ansicolor_sink(const ansicolor_sink& other);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
     virtual void log(const details::log_msg& msg) override;
     virtual void flush() override;
 
-    void setColor(level::level_enum level, const std::string& color);
+    void set_color(level::level_enum level, const std::string& color);
 
     /// \name Formatting codes
     //@{
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ protected:
     std::map<level::level_enum, std::string> colors_;
 };
 
-inline ansicolor_sink::ansicolor_sink(sink_ptr sink) : sink_(sink)
+inline ansicolor_sink::ansicolor_sink(sink_ptr wrapped_sink) : sink_(wrapped_sink)
 {
     colors_[level::trace]    = white;
     colors_[level::debug]    = white;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ inline void ansicolor_sink::log(const details::log_msg& msg)
     const std::string s = msg.formatted.str();
     const std::string suffix = reset;
     details::log_msg m;
-    m.formatted.write(prefix + s + suffix);
+    m.formatted << prefix  << s << suffix;
     sink_->log(m);
 }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ inline void ansicolor_sink::flush()
     sink_->flush();
 }
 
-inline void ansicolor_sink::setColor(level::level_enum level, const std::string& color)
+inline void ansicolor_sink::set_color(level::level_enum level, const std::string& color)
 {
     colors_[level] = color;
 }