diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba6a05a..c832e9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,6 +125,43 @@ To erase your new formatting, just bring the `LP_PS1` to a null string:
      export LP_PS1=""
 
 
+## COLOR THEMES
+
+You can change the colors of some part of the liquid prompt by changing the
+following parameters in the config file.
+
+Available colors are:
+BOLD, BLACK, BOLD_GRAY, WHITE, BOLD_WHITE, RED, BOLD_RED, WARN_RED, CRIT_RED,
+GREEN, BOLD_GREEN, YELLOW, BOLD_YELLOW, BLUE, BOLD_BLUE, PINK, CYAN, BOLD_CYAN.
+Set to a null string "" if you do not want color.
+
+* Current working directory
+    * `LP_COLOR_PATH` as normal user
+    * `LP_COLOR_PATH_ROOT` as root
+* Color of the proxy mark
+    * `LP_COLOR_PROXY`
+* Jobs count
+    * `LP_COLOR_JOB_D` Detached (aka screen sessions)
+    * `LP_COLOR_JOB_R` Running (xterm &)
+    * `LP_COLOR_JOB_Z` Sleeping (Ctrl-Z)
+* Last error code
+    * `LP_COLOR_ERR`
+* Prompt mark
+    * `LP_COLOR_MARK` as user
+    * `LP_COLOR_MARK_ROOT` as root
+* Current user
+    * `LP_COLOR_USER_LOGGED` user who logged in
+    * `LP_COLOR_USER_ALT` user but not the one who logged in
+    * `LP_COLOR_USER_ROOT` root
+* Hostname
+    * `LP_COLOR_HOST` local host
+    * `LP_COLOR_SSH` connected via SSH
+    * `LP_COLOR_TELNET` connected via telnet
+* Separation mark (aka permiison in the working dir)
+    * `LP_COLOR_WRITE` have write permission
+    * `LP_COLOR_NOWRITE` do not have write permission
+
+
 ## KNOWN LIMITATIONS AND BUGS
 
 Liquid prompt is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License
diff --git a/liquidprompt b/liquidprompt
index 926e484..825e63a 100755
--- a/liquidprompt
+++ b/liquidprompt
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ _lp_source_config
 # Who are we? #
 ###############
 
-# Yellow for root, light grey if the user is not the login one, else no color.
+# Yellow for root, bold if the user is not the login one, else no color.
 _lp_user()
 {
     local user
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@ _lp_user()
     if [[ "$EUID" -ne "0" ]] ; then
         # if user is not login user
         if [[ ${USER} != "$(logname 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
-            user="${BOLD}${_LP_USER_SYMBOL}${NO_COL}"
+            user="${LP_COLOR_USER_ALT}${_LP_USER_SYMBOL}${NO_COL}"
         else
-            user="${_LP_USER_SYMBOL}"
+            user="${LP_COLOR_USER_LOGGED}${_LP_USER_SYMBOL}${NO_COL}"
         fi
     else
-        user="${BOLD_YELLOW}${_LP_USER_SYMBOL}${NO_COL}"
+        user="${LP_COLOR_USER_ROOT}${_LP_USER_SYMBOL}${NO_COL}"
     fi
 
     echo -ne $user
@@ -326,14 +326,14 @@ _lp_host_color()
         if [[ $LP_HOSTNAME_ALWAYS == 0 ]] ; then
             ret="${ret}" # no hostname if local
         else
-            ret="${ret}@${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}"
+            ret="${ret}@${LP_COLOR_HOST}${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}"
         fi
     elif [[ "$conn" == "ssh" ]] ; then
-        ret="${ret}@${BOLD_CYAN}${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}"
+        ret="${ret}@${LP_COLOR_SSH}${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}"
     elif [[ "$conn" == "tel" ]] ; then
-        ret="${ret}@${WARN_RED}${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}"
+        ret="${ret}@${LP_COLOR_TELNET}${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}"
     else
-        ret="${ret}@${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}"
+        ret="${ret}@${_LP_HOST_SYMBOL}" # defaults to no color
     fi
 
     echo -ne "${ret}${NO_COL}"
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ _lp_shorten_path()
 _lp_permissions_color()
 {
     if [[ -w "${PWD}" ]]; then
-        echo "${GREEN}:${NO_COL}"
+        echo "${LP_COLOR_WRITE}:${NO_COL}"
     else
-        echo "${RED}:${NO_COL}"
+        echo "${LP_COLOR_NOWRITE}:${NO_COL}"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -479,31 +479,31 @@ _lp_jobcount_color()
 
     # d/&/z
     if   [[ $screens != "0" && $running != "0" && $stopped != "0" ]] ; then
-        rep="${NO_COL}${YELLOW}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}/${YELLOW}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}/${BOLD_YELLOW}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
+        rep="${NO_COL}${LP_COLOR_JOB_D}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}/${LP_COLOR_JOB_R}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}/${LP_COLOR_JOB_Z}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
 
     # _/&/_
     elif [[ $screens == "0" && $running != "0" && $stopped == "0" ]] ; then
-        rep="${NO_COL}${YELLOW}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}"
+        rep="${NO_COL}${LP_COLOR_JOB_R}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}"
 
     # _/_/z
     elif [[ $screens == "0" && $running == "0" && $stopped != "0" ]] ; then
-        rep="${NO_COL}${BOLD_YELLOW}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
+        rep="${NO_COL}${LP_COLOR_JOB_Z}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
 
     # d/_/_
     elif [[ $screens != "0" && $running == "0" && $stopped == "0" ]] ; then
-        rep="${NO_COL}${YELLOW}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}"
+        rep="${NO_COL}${LP_COLOR_JOB_D}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}"
 
     # d/&/_
     elif [[ $screens != "0" && $running != "0" && $stopped == "0" ]] ; then
-        rep="${NO_COL}${YELLOW}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}/${YELLOW}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}"
+        rep="${NO_COL}${LP_COLOR_JOB_D}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}/${LP_COLOR_JOB_R}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}"
 
     # d/_/z
     elif [[ $screens != "0" && $running == "0" && $stopped != "0" ]] ; then
-        rep="${NO_COL}${YELLOW}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}/${BOLD_YELLOW}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
+        rep="${NO_COL}${LP_COLOR_JOB_D}${screens}${m_detached}${NO_COL}/${LP_COLOR_JOB_Z}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
 
     # _/&/z
     elif [[ $screens == "0" && $running != "0" && $stopped != "0" ]] ; then
-        rep="${NO_COL}${YELLOW}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}/${BOLD_YELLOW}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
+        rep="${NO_COL}${LP_COLOR_JOB_R}${running}${m_run}${NO_COL}/${LP_COLOR_JOB_Z}${stopped}${m_stop}${NO_COL}"
     fi
     echo -ne "$rep"
 }
@@ -829,9 +829,9 @@ _lp_load_color()
 _lp_smart_mark()
 {
     local COL
-    COL=${BOLD}
+    COL=${LP_COLOR_MARK}
     if [[ "$EUID" -eq "0" ]] ; then
-        COL=${BOLD_RED}
+        COL=${LP_COLOR_MARK_ROOT}
     fi
 
     local mark
@@ -916,16 +916,16 @@ _lp_set_bash_prompt()
         if [[ "$EUID" -ne "0" ]]
         then
             # path in foreground color
-            PS1="${PS1}${BOLD}${LP_PWD}${NO_COL}]${LP_PROXY}"
+            PS1="${PS1}${LP_COLOR_PATH}${LP_PWD}${NO_COL}]${LP_COLOR_PROXY}${LP_PROXY}${NO_COL}"
             # add VCS infos
             PS1="${PS1}${LP_GIT}${LP_HG}${LP_SVN}"
         else
             # path in yellow
-            PS1="${PS1}${YELLOW}${LP_PWD}${NO_COL}]${LP_PROXY}"
+            PS1="${PS1}${LP_PATH_ROOT}${LP_PWD}${NO_COL}]${LP_COLOR_PROXY}${LP_PROXY}${NO_COL}"
             # do not add VCS infos
         fi
         # add return code and prompt mark
-        PS1="${PS1}${PURPLE}${LP_RET}${NO_COL}${LP_MARK}"
+        PS1="${PS1}${LP_COLOR_ERR}${LP_RET}${NO_COL}${LP_MARK}"
 
         # Glue the bash prompt always go to the first column.
         # Avoid glitches after interrupting a command with Ctrl-C
diff --git a/liquidpromptrc-dist b/liquidpromptrc-dist
index 2173a91..b761f65 100644
--- a/liquidpromptrc-dist
+++ b/liquidpromptrc-dist
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # LIQUID PROMPT CONFIGURATION FILE #
 ####################################
 
+#############
+# BEHAVIOUR #
+#############
+
 # Maximal value under which the battery level is displayed
 # Recommended value is 75
 LP_BATTERY_THRESHOLD=75
@@ -24,16 +28,27 @@ LP_PATH_KEEP=2
 # set to 1 if you want to always see the hostname
 LP_HOSTNAME_ALWAYS=0
 
-# If charset is UTF-8
+
+##########
+# THEMES #
+##########
+
+# Special characters
+# Be sure to use characters that exists in the font you use. You can use several
+# characters at once.
+# Below is an example of how to fallback to ascii if the term is not unicode capable.
+# Defaults to UTF-8 characters.
 if [[ "$(locale -k LC_CTYPE | sed -n 's/^charmap="\(.*\)"/\1/p')" == *"UTF-8"* ]] ; then
-    LP_BATTERY_MARK="⌁"
-    LP_ADAPTER_MARK="⏚"
-    LP_LOAD_MARK="⌂"
-    LP_PROXY_MARK="↥"
-    LP_GIT_MARK="±"
-    LP_MERCURIAL_MARK="☿"
-    LP_SUBVERSION_MARK="‡"
+    # If charset is UTF-8.
+    LP_BATTERY_MARK="⌁"     # in front of the battery charge
+    LP_ADAPTER_MARK="⏚"     # displayed when plugged
+    LP_LOAD_MARK="⌂"        # in front of the load
+    LP_PROXY_MARK="↥"       # indicate a proxy in use
+    LP_GIT_MARK="±"         # prompt mark in git repositories
+    LP_MERCURIAL_MARK="☿"   # prompt mark in hg repositories
+    LP_SUBVERSION_MARK="‡"  # prompt mark in svn repositories
 else
+    # If charset is anything else, fallback to ASCII chars
     LP_BATTERY_MARK="b"
     LP_ADAPTER_MARK="p"
     LP_LOAD_MARK="c"
@@ -43,4 +58,43 @@ else
     LP_SUBVERSION_MARK="="
 fi
 
+# Colors
+# Available colors are:
+# BOLD, BLACK, BOLD_GRAY, WHITE, BOLD_WHITE, RED, BOLD_RED, WARN_RED, CRIT_RED,
+# GREEN, BOLD_GREEN, YELLOW, BOLD_YELLOW, BLUE, BOLD_BLUE, PINK, CYAN, BOLD_CYAN
+# Set to a null string "" if you do not want color.
+
+# Current working directory
+LP_COLOR_PATH="$BOLD_WHITE"         # as normal user
+LP_COLOR_PATH_ROOT="$BOLD_YELLOW"   # as root
+
+# Color of the proxy mark
+LP_COLOR_PROXY="$BOLD_BLUE"
+
+# Jobs count
+LP_COLOR_JOB_D="$YELLOW"        # Detached (aka screen sessions)
+LP_COLOR_JOB_R="$BOLD_YELLOW"   # Running (xterm &)
+LP_COLOR_JOB_Z="$BOLD_YELLOW"   # Sleeping (Ctrl-Z)
+
+# Last error code
+LP_COLOR_ERR="$PURPLE"
+
+# Prompt mark
+LP_COLOR_MARK="$BOLD_WHITE"     # as user
+LP_COLOR_MARK_ROOT="$BOLD_RED"  # as root
+
+# Current user
+LP_COLOR_USER_LOGGED=""           # user who logged in
+LP_COLOR_USER_ALT="$BOLD"         # user but not the one who logged in
+LP_COLOR_USER_ROOT="$BOLD_YELLOW" # root
+
+# Hostname
+LP_COLOR_HOST=""             # local host
+LP_COLOR_SSH="$BOLD_CYAN"    # connected via SSH
+LP_COLOR_TELNET="$WARN_RED"  # connected via telnet
+
+# Separation mark (aka permiison in the working dir)
+LP_COLOR_WRITE="$GREEN"  # have write permission
+LP_COLOR_NOWRITE="$RED"  # do not have write permission
+
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