diff --git a/apitest_test.go b/apitest_test.go
index 8b47b36..ecb2720 100644
--- a/apitest_test.go
+++ b/apitest_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestApiTest_ResponseBody(t *testing.T) {
 	apitest.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"id": "1234", "name": "Andy"}`))
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	}).
+	}).ColorizeErrors().
 		Get("/user/1234").
 		Expect(t).
 		Body(`{"id": "1234", "name": "Andy"}`).
diff --git a/assert.go b/assert.go
index 962dc83..7922b38 100644
--- a/assert.go
+++ b/assert.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (a DefaultVerifier) colorize(message string) string {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" || !a.ColorizeErrors {
 		return message
 	}
-	return "\033[0m" + message + "\033[31m"
+	return "\033[31m" + message + "\033[0m"
 }
 
 // Fail reports a failure