diff --git a/contrib/functions.sh b/contrib/functions.sh
index 6678332775e2437fbb9a30c99a6c120fe48bc49b..bc63a64f1fe876fde5f2ef7ed339a1c18ed5e87d 100755
--- a/contrib/functions.sh
+++ b/contrib/functions.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-DONE="[  done  ]"
-FAIL="[  fail  ]"
+color_violet="\e[1;35m";
+color_red="\e[0;31m";
+color_normal="\e[0m";
+color_green="\e[32m";
+color_blue="\e[0;34m";
+
+DONE="[  ${color_green}done${color_normal}  ]"
+FAIL="[  ${color_red}fail${color_normal}  ]"
 
 DOTSTRING=""
 cols=`tput cols`