diff --git a/binr/rafind2/rafind2.c b/binr/rafind2/rafind2.c
index 7a6499394b..bbac7e16df 100644
--- a/binr/rafind2/rafind2.c
+++ b/binr/rafind2/rafind2.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static char *mask = "";
 static int nonstop = 0;
 static int mode = R_SEARCH_STRING;
 static ut64 cur = 0;
-static ut8 *buffer = NULL;
+static ut8 *buf = NULL;
 static char *curfile = NULL;
 static ut64 bsize = 4096;
 static int hexstr = 0;
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ static int hit(RSearchKeyword *kw, void *user, ut64 addr) {
 		printf ("f hit%d_%d 0x%08"PFMT64x" ; %s\n", 0, kw->count, addr, curfile);
 	} else {
 		if (showstr) {
-			printf ("0x%"PFMT64x" %s\n", addr, buffer+delta);
+			printf ("0x%"PFMT64x" %s\n", addr, buf+delta);
 		} else {
 			printf ("0x%"PFMT64x"\n", addr);
 			if (pr) {
-				r_print_hexdump (pr, addr, (ut8*)buffer+delta, 78, 16, R_TRUE);
+				r_print_hexdump (pr, addr, (ut8*)buf+delta, 78, 16, R_TRUE);
 				r_cons_flush ();
 			}
 		}
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ static int rafind_open(char *file) {
 
 	r_cons_new ();
 	rs = r_search_new (mode);
-	buffer = malloc (bsize);
-	if (buffer==NULL) {
+	buf = malloc (bsize);
+	if (buf==NULL) {
 		eprintf ("Cannot allocate %"PFMT64d" bytes\n", bsize);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	r_search_set_callback (rs, &hit, buffer);
+	r_search_set_callback (rs, &hit, buf);
 	if (to == -1)
 		to = r_io_size(io);
 	if (mode == R_SEARCH_STRING) {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int rafind_open(char *file) {
 			bsize = to-cur;
 			last=1;
 		}
-		ret = r_io_read_at (io, cur, buffer, bsize);
+		ret = r_io_read_at (io, cur, buf, bsize);
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			if (nonstop) continue;
 		//	fprintf(stderr, "Error reading at 0x%08"PFMT64x"\n", cur);
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ static int rafind_open(char *file) {
 		if (ret != bsize)
 			bsize = ret;
 
-		if (r_search_update (rs, &cur, buffer, ret) == -1) {
+		if (r_search_update (rs, &cur, buf, ret) == -1) {
 			eprintf ("search: update read error at 0x%08"PFMT64x"\n", cur);
 			break;
 		}
 
 	}
 	rs = r_search_free (rs);
-	free (buffer);
+	free (buf);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/libr/cons/Makefile b/libr/cons/Makefile
index a137631d29..e1ec068491 100644
--- a/libr/cons/Makefile
+++ b/libr/cons/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ include ../config.mk
 
 NAME=r_cons
 OBJS=cons.o pipe.o output.o grep.o
-OBJS+=line.o hud.o rgb.o input.o
-DEPS=r_util
+OBJS+=line.o hud.o rgb.o input.o pal.o
+DEPS=r_util r_db
 
 include ../rules.mk
 
diff --git a/libr/cons/cons.c b/libr/cons/cons.c
index 3b074771c2..57c5c4ceb5 100644
--- a/libr/cons/cons.c
+++ b/libr/cons/cons.c
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ R_API RCons *r_cons_new () {
 		eprintf ("r_cons: Cannot set control console handler\n");
 #endif
 	I.pager = NULL; /* no pager by default */
-	//r_cons_palette_init(NULL);
+	r_cons_pal_init (NULL);
+	r_cons_rgb_init ();
 	r_cons_reset ();
 	return &I;
 }
diff --git a/libr/cons/input.c b/libr/cons/input.c
index f68a2846c4..db93268675 100644
--- a/libr/cons/input.c
+++ b/libr/cons/input.c
@@ -125,15 +125,30 @@ R_API int r_cons_arrow_to_hjkl(int ch) {
 // XXX no control for max length here?!?!
 R_API int r_cons_fgets(char *buf, int len, int argc, const char **argv) {
 	RCons *cons = r_cons_singleton ();
-	if (cons->user_fgets)
-		return cons->user_fgets (buf, len);
+	int color = cons->pal.input && *cons->pal.input;
+	if (cons->user_fgets) {
+		int ret = cons->user_fgets (buf, len);
+		return ret;
+	}
 	*buf = '\0';
 	fflush (cons->fdin);
-	if (fgets (buf, len, cons->fdin) == NULL)
+	if (color) {
+		printf (cons->pal.input);
+		fflush (stdout);
+	}
+	if (fgets (buf, len, cons->fdin) == NULL) {
+		if (color) {
+			printf (Color_RESET);
+			fflush (stdout);
+		}
 		return -1;
-	if (feof (cons->fdin))
+	}
+	if (feof (cons->fdin)) {
+		if (color) printf (Color_RESET);
 		return -2;
+	}
 	buf[strlen (buf)-1] = '\0';
+	if (color) printf (Color_RESET);
 	return strlen (buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/libr/cons/pal.c b/libr/cons/pal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b8921901a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libr/cons/pal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/* radare - LGPL - Copyright 2013 - pancake */
+
+#include <r_cons.h>
+
+R_API void r_cons_pal_init(const char *foo) {
+	RCons *cons = r_cons_singleton ();
+	cons->pal.prompt = Color_YELLOW;
+	cons->pal.offset = Color_GREEN;
+	cons->pal.input = Color_WHITE;
+	cons->pal.comment = Color_TURQOISE;
+	cons->pal.reset = "\x1b[0m";
+	cons->pal.db = NULL;
+}
+
+struct {
+	const char *name;
+	const char *code;
+	const char *bgcode;
+} colors[] = {
+	{ "black",    Color_BLACK,    Color_BGBLACK },
+	{ "red",      Color_RED,      Color_BGRED },
+	{ "white",    Color_WHITE,    Color_BGWHITE },
+	{ "green",    Color_GREEN,    Color_BGGREEN },
+	{ "magenta",  Color_MAGENTA,  Color_BGMAGENTA },
+	{ "yellow",   Color_YELLOW,   Color_BGYELLOW },
+	{ "turqoise", Color_TURQOISE, Color_BGTURQOISE },
+	{ "blue",     Color_BLUE,     Color_BGBLUE },
+	{ "gray",     Color_GRAY      Color_BGGRAY },
+	{ NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+static inline ut8 rgbnum (const char ch) {
+	ut8 r;
+	r_hex_to_byte (&r, ch);
+	return r*16;
+}
+
+R_API char *r_cons_pal_parse(const char *str) {
+	int i;
+	ut8 r, g, b;
+	char out[64];
+	char *s = strdup (str);
+	char *p = strchr (s+1, ' ');
+	out[0] = 0;
+	if (p) *p++ = 0;
+	if (!strncmp (s, "rgb:", 4)) {
+		r = rgbnum (s[4]);
+		g = rgbnum (s[5]);
+		b = rgbnum (s[6]);
+		r_cons_rgb_str (out, r, g, b, 0);
+		if (p && !strncmp (p, "rgb:", 4)) {
+			r = rgbnum (p[4]);
+			g = rgbnum (p[5]);
+			b = rgbnum (p[6]);
+			r_cons_rgb_str (out+strlen (out), r, g, b, 1);
+		}
+	}
+	for (i=0; colors[i].name; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp (s, colors[i].name))
+			strcat (out, colors[i].code);
+		if (p && !strcmp (p, colors[i].name))
+			strcat (out, colors[i].bgcode);
+	}
+	free (s);
+	return *out? strdup (out): NULL;
+}
+
+struct {
+	const char *name;
+	int off;
+} keys[] = {
+	{ "comment", r_offsetof (RConsPalette, comment) },
+	{ "prompt", r_offsetof (RConsPalette, prompt) },
+	{ "offset", r_offsetof (RConsPalette, offset) },
+	{ "input", r_offsetof (RConsPalette, input) },
+	{ NULL, 0 }
+};
+
+R_API void r_cons_pal_walk() {
+	RCons *c = r_cons_singleton ();
+	// const char *color = sdb_get (c->pal.db, "color.prompt")
+	//c->pal.prompt = r_cons_pal_parse ("green");
+}
+
+R_API void r_cons_pal_load(const char *sdbfile) {
+}
+
+R_API void r_cons_pal_save(const char *sdbfile) {
+}
+
+R_API void r_cons_pal_set (const char *key, const char *val) {
+	int i;
+	char **p;
+	for (i=0; keys[i].name; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp (key, keys[i].name)) {
+			p = (char **)((char *)&(r_cons_singleton()->pal) + keys[i].off);
+//			free (*p);
+			*p = r_cons_pal_parse (val);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libr/cons/rgb.c b/libr/cons/rgb.c
index f00e343e4d..3d7011f348 100644
--- a/libr/cons/rgb.c
+++ b/libr/cons/rgb.c
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ static int rgb(int r, int g, int b) {
 	r = R_DIM (r/k, 0, 5);
 	g = R_DIM (g/k, 0, 5);
 	b = R_DIM (b/k, 0, 5);
-	return 16 + r*36 + g*6 +b;
+	return 16 + ((r&7)*29) + ((g&7)*12) + (b&7);
 }
 
 static inline void rgbinit(int r, int g, int b) {
 #if __UNIX__
 	r_cons_printf ("\x1b]4;%d;rgb:%2.2x/%2.2x/%2.2x\x1b\\",
-			16 + (r* 36) + (g* 6) + b,
+			16 + (r * 36) + (g * 6) + b,
 			(r ? (r * 40 + 55) : 0),
-			(g ? (g* 40 + 55) : 0),
-			(b ? (b* 40 + 55) : 0));
+			(g ? (g * 40 + 55) : 0),
+			(b ? (b * 40 + 55) : 0));
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/libr/core/cmd.c b/libr/core/cmd.c
index f2c415e9e4..a14550758b 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd.c
@@ -437,6 +437,24 @@ static int cmd_eval(void *data, const char *input) {
 	case '\0':
 		r_config_list (core->config, NULL, 0);
 		break;
+	case 'c':
+		{
+			char *p = strdup (input+2);
+			char *q = strchr (p, ' ');
+			if (p) {
+				if (q) {
+					// set
+					 *q++ = 0;
+					r_cons_pal_set (p, q);
+				} else {
+					// get
+					eprintf ("(%s)(%s)\n", p, q);
+				}
+			} else {
+				eprintf ("TODO: ec list\n");
+			}
+		}
+		break;
 	case 'e':
 		if (input[1]==' ') {
 			char *p;
@@ -482,7 +500,8 @@ static int cmd_eval(void *data, const char *input) {
 			"  e-           ; reset config vars\n"
 			"  e*           ; dump config vars in r commands\n"
 			"  e!a          ; invert the boolean value of 'a' var\n"
-			"  er [key]     ; set config key as readonly. no way back\n"
+			"  er [key]        ; set config key as readonly. no way back\n"
+			"  ec [k] [color]  ; set color for given key (prompt, offset, ...)\n"
 			"  e a          ; get value of var 'a'\n"
 			"  e a=b        ; set var 'a' the 'b' value\n");
 		}
diff --git a/libr/core/core.c b/libr/core/core.c
index f72f3577af..3ebc5de97c 100644
--- a/libr/core/core.c
+++ b/libr/core/core.c
@@ -484,16 +484,16 @@ R_API int r_core_init(RCore *core) {
 	r_egg_setup (core->egg, R_SYS_ARCH, R_SYS_BITS, 0, R_SYS_OS);
 
 	/* initialize libraries */
+	core->cons = r_cons_singleton ();
 	if (singleton) {
 		RLine *line = r_line_new ();
 		r_cons_new ();
 		line->user = core;
-		r_cons_singleton()->user_fgets = (void *)myfgets;
+		core->cons->user_fgets = (void *)myfgets;
 		//r_line_singleton()->user = (void *)core;
 		r_line_hist_load (".radare2_history");
 		singleton = R_FALSE;
 	}
-	core->cons = r_cons_singleton ();
 	core->cons->num = core->num;
 	core->blocksize = R_CORE_BLOCKSIZE;
 	core->block = (ut8*)malloc (R_CORE_BLOCKSIZE);
@@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ R_API int r_core_prompt(RCore *r, int sync) {
 	char prompt[32];
 	const char *cmdprompt = r_config_get (r->config, "cmd.prompt");
 
+	const char *BEGIN = r->cons->pal.prompt;
+	const char *END = r->cons->pal.reset;
+
 	// hacky fix fo rio
 	r_core_block_read (r, 0);
 	if (cmdprompt && *cmdprompt)
@@ -641,20 +644,20 @@ R_API int r_core_prompt(RCore *r, int sync) {
 #if __UNIX__
 		if (r_config_get_i (r->config, "scr.color"))
 			snprintf (prompt, sizeof (prompt),
-				Color_YELLOW"[%04x:%04x]> "
-				Color_RESET, a, b);
+				"%s[%04x:%04x]>%s ",
+				BEGIN, a, b, END);
 		else
 #endif
-		sprintf (prompt, "[%04x:%04x]> ", a, b);
+		snprintf (prompt, sizeof (prompt), "[%04x:%04x]> ", a, b);
 	} else {
 #if __UNIX__
 		if (r_config_get_i (r->config, "scr.color"))
 			snprintf (prompt, sizeof (prompt),
-				Color_YELLOW"[0x%08"PFMT64x"]> "
-				Color_RESET, r->offset);
+				"%s[0x%08"PFMT64x"]>%s ",
+				BEGIN, r->offset, END);
 		else
 #endif
-		sprintf (prompt, "[0x%08"PFMT64x"]> ", r->offset);
+		snprintf (prompt, sizeof (prompt), "[0x%08"PFMT64x"]> ", r->offset);
 	}
 	r_line_set_prompt (prompt);
 	ret = r_cons_fgets (line, sizeof (line), 0, NULL);
diff --git a/libr/core/disasm.c b/libr/core/disasm.c
index 4aa4dd516c..0cfa9cb016 100644
--- a/libr/core/disasm.c
+++ b/libr/core/disasm.c
@@ -52,16 +52,15 @@ static char *filter_refline(const char *str) {
 
 static void printoffset(ut64 off, int show_color, int invert, int opt) {
 	if (show_color) {
+		const char *k = r_cons_singleton ()->pal.offset; // TODO etooslow. must cache
 		if (invert)
 			r_cons_invert (R_TRUE, R_TRUE);
 		if (opt) {
 			ut32 s, a;
 			a = off & 0xffff;
 			s = (off-a)>>4;
-			r_cons_printf (Color_GREEN"%04x:%04x"Color_RESET, s, a);
-		} else r_cons_printf (Color_GREEN"0x%08"PFMT64x""Color_RESET, off);
-		if (invert)
-			r_cons_printf (Color_RESET);
+			r_cons_printf ("%s%04x:%04x"Color_RESET, k, s, a);
+		} else r_cons_printf ("%s0x%08"PFMT64x""Color_RESET, k, off);
 		r_cons_puts ("  ");
 	} else r_cons_printf ("0x%08"PFMT64x"  ", off);
 }
diff --git a/libr/core/visual.c b/libr/core/visual.c
index 8a21bd2fed..c52c901354 100644
--- a/libr/core/visual.c
+++ b/libr/core/visual.c
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ R_API int r_core_visual_cmd(RCore *core, int ch) {
 
 #define PIDX (R_ABS(core->printidx%NPF))
 R_API void r_core_visual_title (RCore *core, int color) {
+	const char *BEGIN = core->cons->pal.prompt;
 	const char *filename;
 	char pos[512], foo[512], bar[512];
 	/* automatic block size */
@@ -864,7 +865,7 @@ R_API void r_core_visual_title (RCore *core, int color) {
 
 	if (cursor<0) cursor = 0;
 
-	if (color) r_cons_strcat (Color_YELLOW);
+	if (color) r_cons_strcat (BEGIN);
 	strncpy (bar, printfmt[PIDX], sizeof (bar)-1);
 
 	bar[sizeof (bar)-1] = 0; // '\0'-terminate bar
diff --git a/libr/include/r_cons.h b/libr/include/r_cons.h
index 9e2a27c227..6d0ee92945 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_cons.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_cons.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <r_types.h>
 #include <r_util.h>
+#include <sdb.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ typedef struct r_cons_grep_t {
 	int end;
 } RConsGrep;
 
+typedef struct r_cons_palette_t {
+	char *prompt;
+	char *offset;
+	char *comment;
+	char *input;
+	char *reset;
+	Sdb *db;
+} RConsPalette;
+
 typedef void (*RConsEvent)(void *);
 
 typedef struct r_cons_t {
@@ -83,6 +93,7 @@ typedef struct r_cons_t {
 	char *pager;
 	int blankline;
 	int widthfix;
+	RConsPalette pal;
 } RCons;
 
 // XXX THIS MUST BE A SINGLETON AND WRAPPED INTO RCons */
@@ -115,18 +126,25 @@ typedef struct r_cons_t {
 #define Color_INVERT       "\x1b[7m"
 #define Color_INVERT_RESET "\x1b[27m"
 /* plain colors */
-#define Color_BLACK    "\x1b[30m"
-#define Color_BGBLACK  "\x1b[40m"
-#define Color_RED      "\x1b[31m"
-#define Color_BGRED    "\x1b[41m"
-#define Color_WHITE    "\x1b[37m"
-#define Color_RESET    "\x1b[0m"
-#define Color_GREEN    "\x1b[32m"
-#define Color_MAGENTA  "\x1b[35m"
-#define Color_YELLOW   "\x1b[33m"
-#define Color_TURQOISE "\x1b[36m"
-#define Color_BLUE     "\x1b[34m"
-#define Color_GRAY     "\x1b[38m"
+#define Color_RESET      "\x1b[0m"
+#define Color_BLACK      "\x1b[30m"
+#define Color_BGBLACK    "\x1b[40m"
+#define Color_RED        "\x1b[31m"
+#define Color_BGRED      "\x1b[41m"
+#define Color_WHITE      "\x1b[37m"
+#define Color_BGWHITE    "\x1b[47m"
+#define Color_GREEN      "\x1b[32m"
+#define Color_BGGREEN    "\x1b[42m"
+#define Color_MAGENTA    "\x1b[35m"
+#define Color_BGMAGENTA  "\x1b[45m"
+#define Color_YELLOW     "\x1b[33m"
+#define Color_BGYELLOW   "\x1b[43m"
+#define Color_TURQOISE   "\x1b[36m"
+#define Color_BGTURQOISE "\x1b[46m"
+#define Color_BLUE       "\x1b[34m"
+#define Color_BGBLUE     "\x1b[44m"
+#define Color_GRAY       "\x1b[38m"
+#define Color_BGGRAY     "\x1b[48m"
 /* bold colors */
 #define Color_BBLACK    "\x1b[1;30m"
 #define Color_BRED      "\x1b[1;31m"
@@ -315,6 +333,9 @@ R_API const char *r_line_hist_get(int n);
 
 #define R_CONS_INVERT(x,y) (y? (x?Color_INVERT: Color_INVERT_RESET): (x?"[":"]"))
 
+/* palette */
+R_API void r_cons_pal_init(const char *foo);
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/src/sdb-version.h b/shlr/sdb/src/sdb-version.h
index 876c971528..8db49888ce 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/src/sdb-version.h
+++ b/shlr/sdb/src/sdb-version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define SDB_VERSION "0.6.4"
+#define SDB_VERSION "0.9.5git"