diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21b9e80a..f17d229e 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ help:
 
 done:
 	@echo "*************"
-	@echo -e "*** \033[40;0;32mDone!\033[0m ***"
+	@echo -e "*** $(TERM_GREEN)Done!$(TERM_NORMAL) ***"
 	@echo "*************"
 
 include make/archives.mk
diff --git a/make/bootstrap.mk b/make/bootstrap.mk
index 703e3d45..b645d206 100644
--- a/make/bootstrap.mk
+++ b/make/bootstrap.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PLAT_INCS  = $(TARGETLIB)/firmware
 PLAT_LIBS  = $(TARGETLIB) $(STATICLIB)
 
 bootstrap: $(BOOTSTRAP)
-	@echo -e "\033[40;0;33mBootstrapped for $(shell echo $(BOXMODEL) | sed 's/.*/\u&/')\033[0m"
+	@echo -e "$(TERM_YELLOW)Bootstrapped for $(shell echo $(BOXMODEL) | sed 's/.*/\u&/')$(TERM_NORMAL)"
 
 skeleton: | $(TARGETPREFIX)
 	cp --remove-destination -a $(SKEL_ROOT)/* $(TARGETPREFIX)/
diff --git a/make/clean.mk b/make/clean.mk
index 6ffa38da..ff4e0a3f 100644
--- a/make/clean.mk
+++ b/make/clean.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static-clean:
 	-rm -rf $(STATIC_DIR)
 
 all-clean: rebuild-clean staging-clean static-clean
-	@echo -e "\n\033[40;0;33mAny other key then CTRL-C will now remove CROSS_BASE and HOSTPREFIX\033[0m"
+	@echo -e "\n$(TERM_RED_BOLD)Any other key then CTRL-C will now remove CROSS_BASE and HOSTPREFIX$(TERM_NORMAL)"
 	@read
 	-rm -rf $(CROSS_BASE)
 	-rm -rf $(HOSTPREFIX)
diff --git a/make/environment.mk b/make/environment.mk
index d6825a16..d3e00d86 100644
--- a/make/environment.mk
+++ b/make/environment.mk
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ TARGET_LDFLAGS_RPATH  = $(CORTEX-STRINGS) -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--gc-sections -L$(TARGETLI
 
 VPATH = $(D)
 
+TERM_RED	= \033[40;0;31m
+TERM_RED_BOLD	= \033[40;1;31m
+TERM_GREEN	= \033[40;0;32m
+TERM_GREEN_BOLD	= \033[40;1;32m
+TERM_YELLOW	= \033[40;0;33m
+TERM_YELLOW_BOLD= \033[40;1;33m
+TERM_NORMAL	= \033[0m
+
 N_HD_SOURCE ?= $(SOURCE_DIR)/$(FLAVOUR)
 
 PATH := $(HOSTPREFIX)/bin:$(CROSS_DIR)/bin:$(HELPERS_DIR):$(PATH)
diff --git a/make/images.mk b/make/images.mk
index d1e14b4d..45748af4 100644
--- a/make/images.mk
+++ b/make/images.mk
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ check-image-size:
 ifdef IMAGE_TO_CHECK
 	@IMAGE_SIZE=$(shell wc -c < $(IMAGE_TO_CHECK)); \
 	if [ $$IMAGE_SIZE -ge $(ROOTFS_SIZE) ]; then \
-		echo -e "\033[40;1;31m$(IMAGE_TO_CHECK) is too big\033[0m"; \
+		echo -e "$(TERM_RED_BOLD)$(IMAGE_TO_CHECK) is too big$(TERM_NORMAL)"; \
 		false; \
 	fi
 endif
diff --git a/make/prerequisites.mk b/make/prerequisites.mk
index 9b344a55..06b11527 100644
--- a/make/prerequisites.mk
+++ b/make/prerequisites.mk
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ archives-info: archives-list
 			fi; \
 		done; \
 		if [ "$$found" = "false" ]; then \
-			echo -e "[\033[40;0;31m !! \033[0m] $$target"; \
+			echo -e "[$(TERM_RED) !! $(TERM_NORMAL)] $$target"; \
 		fi; \
 	done;
 	@echo "[ ** ] Unused archives"
 	@find $(ARCHIVE)/ -type f | \
 	while read archive; do \
 		if ! grep -q $$archive $(BUILD_TMP)/archives-list; then \
-			echo -e "[\033[40;0;33m rm \033[0m] $$archive"; \
+			echo -e "[$(TERM_YELLOW) rm $(TERM_NORMAL)] $$archive"; \
 			if [ "$(DOCLEANUP)" = "yes" ]; then \
 				rm $$archive; \
 			fi; \
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ archives-info: archives-list
 	@cat $(BUILD_TMP)/archives-list | \
 	while read archive; do \
 		if [ -e $$archive ]; then \
-			#echo -e "[\033[40;0;32m ok \033[0m] $$archive"; \
+			#echo -e "[$(TERM_GREEN) ok $(TERM_NORMAL)] $$archive"; \
 			true; \
 		else \
-			echo -e "[\033[40;0;33m -- \033[0m] $$archive"; \
+			echo -e "[$(TERM_YELLOW) -- $(TERM_NORMAL)] $$archive"; \
 			if [ "$(GETMISSING)" = "yes" ]; then \
 				make $$archive; \
 			fi; \
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ patches-info:
 			fi; \
 		done; \
 		if [ "$$found" = "false" ]; then \
-			echo -e "[\033[40;0;31m !! \033[0m] $$patch"; \
+			echo -e "[$(TERM_RED) !! $(TERM_NORMAL)] $$patch"; \
 		fi; \
 	done;
 
diff --git a/make/rootfs.mk b/make/rootfs.mk
index 91b04cc2..ca3fcc69 100644
--- a/make/rootfs.mk
+++ b/make/rootfs.mk
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ cleanup: $(BOX)
 	rm -rf $(BOX)/lib/sigc++*
 	find $(BOX) \( -name .gitignore -o -name .gitkeep \) -type f -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
 	find $(BOX)/lib \( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.la' \) -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
-	@echo -e "\033[40;0;33m"
+	@echo -e "$(TERM_YELLOW)"
 	@du -sh $(BOX)
-	@echo -e "\033[0m"
+	@echo -e "$(TERM_NORMAL)"
 
 # strip bins and libs in filesystem
 strip: $(BOX)
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ ifeq ($(DEBUG), no)
 ifeq ($(BOXSERIES), hd2)
 	find $(BOX)/lib/modules/$(KVERSION_FULL)/kernel -type f -name '*.ko' | xargs -n 1 $(TARGET)-objcopy --strip-unneeded
 endif
-	@echo -e "\033[40;0;33m"
+	@echo -e "$(TERM_YELLOW)"
 	@du -sh $(BOX)
-	@echo -e "\033[0m"
+	@echo -e "$(TERM_NORMAL)"
 endif
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), yes)
 	@echo "*******************************************************"
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ ifeq ($(DEBUG), yes)
 	$(TARGET)-strip $(TARGETPREFIX)/lib/libtalloc.so.1
 	$(TARGET)-strip $(TARGETPREFIX)/lib/libwbclient.so.0
 	find $(BOX)/lib/samba -type f -print0 | xargs -0 $(TARGET)-strip || true
-	@echo -e "\033[40;0;33m"
+	@echo -e "$(TERM_YELLOW)"
 	@du -sh $(BOX)
-	@echo -e "\033[0m"
+	@echo -e "$(TERM_NORMAL)"
 endif
 
 # create softlinks in filesystem