diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 9cf886d..1b0cf1e 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Colorize your text for the terminal
 # etc...
 ```
 
-## Supported Colors
+## Supported Text Colors
 
 - `red`
 - `black`
@@ -24,7 +24,23 @@ Colorize your text for the terminal
 - `white`
 - `blue`
 - `cyan`
+
+## Supported Background Colors
+
+- `red`
+- `black`
+- `green`
+- `yellow`
+- `magenta`
+- `white`
+- `blue`
+- `cyan`
+
+## Supported Text Style
+
 - `bold`
+- `dim`
+- `underlined`
 
 ## Other supported Ansi methods
 
diff --git a/lib/colorator.rb b/lib/colorator.rb
index 107f6e3..a6ab0dd 100644
--- a/lib/colorator.rb
+++ b/lib/colorator.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-$:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__)
+# $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__)
 
 module Colorator
   module_function
@@ -7,7 +8,18 @@ module Colorator
   # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   ANSI_MATCHR = /\x1b.*?[jkmsuABGKH]/
-  ANSI_COLORS = {
+  ANSI_BACKGROUND_COLORS = {
+    :bg_black   => 40,
+    :bg_red     => 41,
+    :bg_green   => 42,
+    :bg_yellow  => 43,
+    :bg_blue    => 44,
+    :bg_magenta => 45,
+    :bg_cyan    => 46,
+    :bg_white   => 47
+  }
+  
+  ANSI_TEXT_COLORS = {
     :black   => 30,
     :red     => 31,
     :green   => 32,
@@ -15,10 +27,17 @@ module Colorator
     :blue    => 34,
     :magenta => 35,
     :cyan    => 36,
-    :white   => 37,
-    :bold    => 1
+    :white   => 37
+  }
+
+  ANSI_TEXT_STYLE = {
+    :bold => 1,
+    :dim => 2,
+    :underlined => 4,
   }
 
+  ANSI_HASH = [ANSI_TEXT_COLORS, ANSI_BACKGROUND_COLORS, ANSI_TEXT_STYLE].inject(&:merge)
+
   # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # Allows you to check if a string currently has ansi.
   # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -85,7 +104,7 @@ def colorize(str = "", color)
 
   # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  Colorator::ANSI_COLORS.each do |color, code|
+  Colorator::ANSI_HASH.each do |color, code|
     define_singleton_method color do |str|
       colorize(
         str, code
diff --git a/spec/tests/lib/colorator_spec.rb b/spec/tests/lib/colorator_spec.rb
index 9ecf249..9511f54 100644
--- a/spec/tests/lib/colorator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tests/lib/colorator_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require "spec/helper"
 describe Colorator do
-  Colorator::ANSI_COLORS.each do |color, code|
+  Colorator::ANSI_HASH.each do |color, code|
     it "colors the text #{color} properly" do
       expect(Colorator.send(color, "string")).to include code.to_s
       expect(Colorator.send(color, "string")).to eq(