diff --git a/bin/ansible-playbook b/bin/ansible-playbook
index cce371e2bd..bf2c0a02a7 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ from ansible.color import ANSIBLE_COLOR, stringc
 
 def colorize(lead, num, color):
     """ Print 'lead' = 'num' in 'color' """
-    if num == 0:
-        color='black';
-    if ANSIBLE_COLOR:
+    if num != 0 and ANSIBLE_COLOR:
         return "%s%s%-15s" % (stringc(lead, color), stringc("=", color), stringc(str(num), color))
     else:
         return "%s=%-4s" % (lead, str(num))
diff --git a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
index 988f4410be..d4e26fc86d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
@@ -328,12 +328,12 @@ class PlaybookRunnerCallbacks(DefaultRunnerCallbacks):
         if self._async_notified[jid] > clock:
             self._async_notified[jid] = clock
             msg = "<job %s> polling, %ss remaining"%(jid, clock)
-            print stringc(msg, 'blue')
+            print stringc(msg, 'cyan')
 
     def on_async_ok(self, host, res, jid):
 
         msg = "<job %s> finished on %s"%(jid, host)
-        print stringc(msg, 'blue')
+        print stringc(msg, 'cyan')
 
     def on_async_failed(self, host, res, jid):
 
@@ -379,12 +379,12 @@ class PlaybookCallbacks(object):
     def on_import_for_host(self, host, imported_file):
 
         msg = "%s: importing %s" % (host, imported_file)
-        print stringc(msg, 'blue')
+        print stringc(msg, 'cyan')
 
     def on_not_import_for_host(self, host, missing_file):
 
         msg = "%s: not importing file: %s" % (host, missing_file)
-        print stringc(msg, 'blue')
+        print stringc(msg, 'cyan')
 
     def on_play_start(self, pattern):
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/color.py b/lib/ansible/color.py
index 8a67b23272..e353617eb8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/color.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/color.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ codeCodes = {
     'blue':      '0;34',        'white':          '1;37',
     'green':     '0;32',        'bright blue':    '1;34',
     'cyan':      '0;36',        'bright green':   '1;32',
+#    'cyan':      '0;32',        'bright green':   '1;32',
     'red':       '0;31',        'bright cyan':    '1;36',
     'purple':    '0;35',        'bright red':     '1;31',
     'yellow':    '0;33',        'bright purple':  '1;35',