diff --git a/packages/taskr/lib/cli/list.js b/packages/taskr/lib/cli/list.js
index 0ec92bd9..efb0ac81 100644
--- a/packages/taskr/lib/cli/list.js
+++ b/packages/taskr/lib/cli/list.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = function (tasks, bare) {
 	bare = bare || false
 	tasks = tasks || {}
 
-	const out = [`\n${fmt.text.dim("Available tasks")}`]
+	const out = [`\n${fmt.text().dim("Available tasks")}`]
 
 	// parse tasks" descriptions, if any
 	for (const k in tasks) {
diff --git a/packages/taskr/lib/fmt.js b/packages/taskr/lib/fmt.js
index 2377d370..3722ea94 100644
--- a/packages/taskr/lib/fmt.js
+++ b/packages/taskr/lib/fmt.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const c = require('clorox');
+const k = require('kleur');
 
 module.exports = {
-	complete: c.blue.bold,
-	title: c.bold.yellow,
-	error: c.bold.red,
-	path: c.underline.cyan,
-	warn: c.bold.magenta,
-	text: c.bold.white,
-	time: c.green
+	complete: k.blue().bold,
+	title: k.bold().yellow,
+	error: k.bold().red,
+	path: k.underline().cyan,
+	warn: k.bold().magenta,
+	text: k.bold().white,
+	time: k.green
 };
diff --git a/packages/taskr/lib/utils/logging.js b/packages/taskr/lib/utils/logging.js
index ac60bec4..4d7a9352 100644
--- a/packages/taskr/lib/utils/logging.js
+++ b/packages/taskr/lib/utils/logging.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * 		- use es2015
  */
 
-const clorox = require('clorox');
+const kleur = require('kleur');
 const homedir = require('os').homedir;
 const getTime = require('../fn').getTime;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function stamp() {
 	}
 
 	// print the curr time.
-	process.stdout.write(clorox[this.color](getTime()) + ' ');
+	process.stdout.write(kleur[this.color](getTime()) + ' ');
 
 	// apply arguments to `console` method
 	console[this.method].apply(console, (this.custom ? [this.custom].concat(args) : args));
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function error() {
 function alert() {
 	if (process.env.VERBOSE) {
 		stamp.apply({
-			custom: clorox.yellow.bold("%s"),
+			custom: kleur.yellow().bold("%s"),
 			color: 'yellow',
 			method: 'log'
 		}, arguments);
diff --git a/packages/taskr/package.json b/packages/taskr/package.json
index 9197be6c..d70b04e6 100644
--- a/packages/taskr/package.json
+++ b/packages/taskr/package.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
-    "clorox": "^1.0.1",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
+    "kleur": "^4.1.3",
     "mk-dirs": "^1.0.0",
     "mri": "^1.1.0",
     "tinydate": "^1.0.0"