works but is ugly :(

cfg/config.go

@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ var ValidHooks []string
 func Colors() map[color.Level]map[string]color.Color {
 	return map[color.Level]map[string]color.Color{
 		color.Level16: {
-			"bg": color.BgGreen, "fg": color.FgBlack,
+			"bg": color.BgGreen, "fg": color.FgWhite,
 			"hlbg": color.BgGray, "hlfg": color.FgWhite,
 		},
 		color.Level256: {
-			"bg": color.BgLightGreen, "fg": color.FgBlack,
-			"hlbg": color.BgGray, "hlfg": color.FgWhite,
+			"bg": color.BgLightGreen, "fg": color.FgWhite,
+			"hlbg": color.BgLightBlue, "hlfg": color.FgWhite,
 		},
 		color.LevelRgb: {
 			// FIXME: maybe use something nicer
-			"bg": color.BgLightGreen, "fg": color.FgBlack,
-			"hlbg": color.BgGray, "hlfg": color.FgWhite,
+			"bg": color.BgLightGreen, "fg": color.FgWhite,
+			"hlbg": color.BgBlue, "hlfg": color.FgWhite,
 		},
 	}
 }

lib/helpers.go

@@ -156,21 +156,18 @@ func trimRow(row []string) []string {
 func colorizeData(c cfg.Config, output string) string {
 	if len(c.Pattern) > 0 && !c.NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout) {
 		r := regexp.MustCompile("(" + c.Pattern + ")")
+		return r.ReplaceAllStringFunc(output, func(in string) string {
+			return c.ColorStyle.Sprint(in)
+		})
+	} else if c.UseHighlight && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout) {
 		highlight := true
 		colorized := ""
 
 		for _, line := range strings.Split(output, "\n") {
-			if c.UseHighlight {
-				if highlight {
-					line = c.HighlightStyle.Sprint(line)
-				}
-				highlight = !highlight
-			} else {
-				line = r.ReplaceAllStringFunc(line, func(in string) string {
-					return c.ColorStyle.Sprint(in)
-				})
+			if highlight {
+				line = c.HighlightStyle.Sprint(line)
 			}
-
+			highlight = !highlight
 			colorized += line + "\n"
 		}