diff --git a/example/coloredList.go b/example/coloredList.go
index 6fc6aa2..c356bee 100644
--- a/example/coloredList.go
+++ b/example/coloredList.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package main
 import "github.com/gizak/termui"
 import "github.com/nsf/termbox-go"
 
-func commonList() *termui.List {
+func markdownList() *termui.List {
 	strs := []string{
 		"[0] github.com/gizak/termui",
 		"[1] 笀耔 [澉 灊灅甗](RED) 郔镺 笀耔 澉 [灊灅甗](yellow) 郔镺",
@@ -26,18 +26,40 @@ func commonList() *termui.List {
 	return list
 }
 
-func listHidden() *termui.List {
-	list := commonList()
+func hideList(list *termui.List) *termui.List {
 	list.Border.Label = "List - Hidden"
 	list.Overflow = "hidden"
 
 	return list
 }
 
-func listWrap() *termui.List {
-	list := commonList()
+func wrapList(list *termui.List) *termui.List {
 	list.Border.Label = "List - Wrapped"
 	list.Overflow = "wrap"
+	list.X = 30
+
+	return list
+}
+
+func escapeList() *termui.List {
+	strs := []string{
+		"[0] github.com/gizak/termui",
+		"[1] 笀耔 \033[31m澉 灊灅甗 \033[0m郔镺 笀耔 澉 \033[33m灊灅甗 郔镺",
+		"[2] こんにちは世界",
+		"[3] keyboard.go",
+		"[4] \033[31moutput\033[0m.go",
+		"[5] random_out.go",
+		"[6] \033[1mdashboard\033[0m.go",
+		"[7] nsf/termbox-go",
+		"[8] OVERFLOW!!!!!!!\033[31;1m!!!!!!!!!!!!\033[0m!!!",
+	}
+
+	list := termui.NewList()
+	list.RendererFactory = termui.EscapeCodeRendererFactory{}
+	list.Items = strs
+	list.Height = 15
+	list.Width = 26
+	list.Y = 15
 
 	return list
 }
@@ -49,11 +71,20 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer termui.Close()
 
-	hiddenList := listHidden()
-	wrappedList := listWrap()
-	wrappedList.X = 30
+	hiddenMarkdownList := hideList(markdownList())
+	wrappedMarkdownList := wrapList(markdownList())
+
+	hiddenEscapeList := hideList(escapeList())
+	wrappedEscapeList := wrapList(escapeList())
+
+	lists := []termui.Bufferer{
+		hiddenEscapeList,
+		hiddenMarkdownList,
+		wrappedMarkdownList,
+		wrappedEscapeList,
+	}
 
 	termui.UseTheme("helloworld")
-	termui.Render(hiddenList, wrappedList)
+	termui.Render(lists...)
 	termbox.PollEvent()
 }
diff --git a/textRender.go b/textRender.go
index dd6c96f..3cf5154 100644
--- a/textRender.go
+++ b/textRender.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package termui
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -243,3 +245,210 @@ type PlainRendererFactory struct{}
 func (f PlainRendererFactory) TextRenderer(text string) TextRenderer {
 	return PlainRenderer{text}
 }
+
+// We can't use a raw string here because \033 must not be escaped.
+// I'd like to append (?<=m; i.e. lookbehind), but unfortunately,
+// it is not supported. So we will need to do that manually.
+var escapeRegex = "\033\\[(([0-9]{1,2}[;m])+)"
+var colorEscapeCodeRegex = regexp.MustCompile(escapeRegex)
+var colorEscapeCodeRegexMatchAll = regexp.MustCompile("^" + escapeRegex + "$")
+
+// An EscapeCode is a unix ASCII Escape code.
+type EscapeCode string
+
+func (e EscapeCode) escapeNumberToColor(colorID int) (Attribute, error) {
+	var color Attribute
+	switch colorID {
+	case 0:
+		color = ColorDefault
+
+	case 1:
+		color = AttrBold
+
+	case 4:
+		color = AttrUnderline
+
+	case 30:
+		color = ColorBlack
+
+	case 31:
+		color = ColorRed
+
+	case 32:
+		color = ColorGreen
+
+	case 33:
+		color = ColorYellow
+
+	case 34:
+		color = ColorBlue
+
+	case 35:
+		color = ColorMagenta
+
+	case 36:
+		color = ColorCyan
+
+	case 37:
+		color = ColorWhite
+
+	default:
+		safeCode := e.MakeSafe()
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Unkown/unsupported escape code: '%v'", safeCode)
+	}
+
+	return color, nil
+}
+
+// Color converts the escape code to an `Attribute` (color).
+// The EscapeCode must be formatted like this:
+//  - ASCII-Escape chacter (\033) + [ + Number + (;Number...) + m
+// The second number is optimal. The semicolon (;) is used
+// to seperate the colors.
+// For example: `\033[1;31m` means: the following text is red and bold.
+func (e EscapeCode) Color() (Attribute, error) {
+	escapeCode := string(e)
+	matches := colorEscapeCodeRegexMatchAll.FindStringSubmatch(escapeCode)
+	invalidEscapeCode := func() error {
+		safeCode := e.MakeSafe()
+		return fmt.Errorf("%v is not a valid ASCII escape code", safeCode)
+	}
+
+	if matches == nil || escapeCode[len(escapeCode)-1] != 'm' {
+		return 0, invalidEscapeCode()
+	}
+
+	color := Attribute(0)
+	for _, id := range strings.Split(matches[1][:len(matches[1])-1], ";") {
+		colorID, err := strconv.Atoi(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, invalidEscapeCode()
+		}
+
+		newColor, err := e.escapeNumberToColor(colorID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		color |= newColor
+	}
+
+	return color, nil
+}
+
+// MakeSafe replace the invisible escape code chacacter (\0333)
+// with \\0333 so that it will not mess up the terminal when an error
+// is shown.
+func (e EscapeCode) MakeSafe() string {
+	return strings.Replace(string(e), "\033", "\\033", -1)
+}
+
+// Alias to `EscapeCode.MakeSafe()`
+func (e EscapeCode) String() string {
+	return e.MakeSafe()
+}
+
+// Raw returns the raw value of the escape code.
+// Alias to string(EscapeCode)
+func (e EscapeCode) Raw() string {
+	return string(e)
+}
+
+// IsValid returns whether or not the syntax of the escape code is
+// valid and the code is supported.
+func (e EscapeCode) IsValid() bool {
+	_, err := e.Color()
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+// A EscapeCodeRenderer does not render the text at all.
+type EscapeCodeRenderer struct {
+	Text string
+}
+
+// NormalizedText strips all escape code outs (even the unkown/unsupported)
+// ones.
+func (r EscapeCodeRenderer) NormalizedText() string {
+	matches := colorEscapeCodeRegex.FindAllStringIndex(r.Text, -1)
+	text := []byte(r.Text)
+
+	// Iterate through matches in reverse order
+	for i := len(matches) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		start, end := matches[i][0], matches[i][1]
+		if EscapeCode(text[start:end]).IsValid() {
+			text = append(text[:start], text[end:]...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return string(text)
+}
+
+// RenderSequence renders the text just like Render but the start and end may
+// be set. If end is -1, the end of the string will be used.
+func (r EscapeCodeRenderer) RenderSequence(start, end int, lastColor, background Attribute) RenderedSequence {
+	normalizedRunes := []rune(r.NormalizedText())
+	if end < 0 {
+		end = len(normalizedRunes)
+	}
+
+	text := []byte(r.Text)
+	matches := colorEscapeCodeRegex.FindAllSubmatchIndex(text, -1)
+	removed := 0
+	var sequences []ColorSubsequence
+	runeLength := func(length int) int {
+		return len([]rune(string(text[:length])))
+	}
+
+	runes := []rune(r.Text)
+	for _, theMatch := range matches {
+		// Escapde code start, escape code end
+		eStart := runeLength(theMatch[0]) - removed
+		eEnd := runeLength(theMatch[1]) - removed
+		escapeCode := EscapeCode(runes[eStart:eEnd])
+
+		// If an error occurs (e.g. unkown escape code), we will just ignore it :)
+		color, err := escapeCode.Color()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Patch old color sequence
+		if len(sequences) > 0 {
+			last := &sequences[len(sequences)-1]
+			last.End = eStart - start
+		}
+
+		// eEnd < 0 means the the sequence is withing the range.
+		if eEnd-start >= 0 {
+			// The sequence starts when the escape code ends and ends when the text
+			// end. If there is another escape code, this will be patched in the
+			// previous line.
+			colorSeq := ColorSubsequence{color, eStart - start, end - start}
+			if colorSeq.Start < 0 {
+				colorSeq.Start = 0
+			}
+
+			sequences = append(sequences, colorSeq)
+		}
+
+		runes = append(runes[:eStart], runes[eEnd:]...)
+		removed += eEnd - eStart
+	}
+
+	runes = runes[start:end]
+	return RenderedSequence{string(runes), lastColor, background, sequences, nil}
+}
+
+// Render just like RenderSequence
+func (r EscapeCodeRenderer) Render(lastColor, background Attribute) RenderedSequence {
+	return r.RenderSequence(0, -1, lastColor, background)
+}
+
+// EscapeCodeRendererFactory is a TextRendererFactory for
+// the EscapeCodeRenderer.
+type EscapeCodeRendererFactory struct{}
+
+// TextRenderer returns a EscapeCodeRenderer instance.
+func (f EscapeCodeRendererFactory) TextRenderer(text string) TextRenderer {
+	return EscapeCodeRenderer{text}
+}
diff --git a/textRender_test.go b/textRender_test.go
index e93f4bd..7428655 100644
--- a/textRender_test.go
+++ b/textRender_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ func TestTextRender_TestInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	var inter *TextRenderer
 
 	assert.Implements(t, inter, new(MarkdownTextRenderer))
+	assert.Implements(t, inter, new(EscapeCodeRenderer))
 	assert.Implements(t, inter, new(PlainRenderer))
 }
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ func TestTextRendererFactory_TestInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	var inter *TextRendererFactory
 
 	assert.Implements(t, inter, new(MarkdownTextRendererFactory))
+	assert.Implements(t, inter, new(EscapeCodeRendererFactory))
 	assert.Implements(t, inter, new(PlainRendererFactory))
 }
 
@@ -270,3 +272,183 @@ func TestPosUnicode(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "你好", text[:6])
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, posUnicode(text, 6))
 }
+
+// Make `escapeCode` safe (i.e. replace \033 by \\033) so that it is not
+// formatted.
+// func makeEscapeCodeSafe(escapeCode string) string {
+// 	return strings.Replace(escapeCode, "\033", "\\033", -1)
+// }
+
+func TestEscapeCode_Color(t *testing.T) {
+	codes := map[EscapeCode]Attribute{
+		"\033[30m":     ColorBlack,
+		"\033[31m":     ColorRed,
+		"\033[32m":     ColorGreen,
+		"\033[33m":     ColorYellow,
+		"\033[34m":     ColorBlue,
+		"\033[35m":     ColorMagenta,
+		"\033[36m":     ColorCyan,
+		"\033[37m":     ColorWhite,
+		"\033[1;31m":   ColorRed | AttrBold,
+		"\033[1;4;31m": ColorRed | AttrBold | AttrUnderline,
+		"\033[0m":      ColorDefault,
+	}
+
+	for code, color := range codes {
+		got, err := code.Color()
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Escape code: '%v'", code.MakeSafe())
+		if assert.NoError(t, err, msg) {
+			assert.Equal(t, color, got, msg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	invalidEscapeCodes := []EscapeCode{
+		"\03354m",
+		"[54m",
+		"\033[34",
+		"\033[34;m",
+		"\033[34m;",
+		"\033[34;",
+		"\033[5432m",
+		"t\033[30m",
+		"t\033[30ms",
+		"\033[30ms",
+	}
+
+	errMsg := "%v is not a valid ASCII escape code"
+	for _, invalidEscapeCode := range invalidEscapeCodes {
+		color, err := invalidEscapeCode.Color()
+		safeEscapeCode := invalidEscapeCode.MakeSafe()
+		expectedErr := fmt.Sprintf(errMsg, safeEscapeCode)
+		if assert.EqualError(t, err, expectedErr, "Expected: "+expectedErr) {
+			assert.Equal(t, color, Attribute(0))
+		}
+	}
+
+	outOfRangeCodes := []EscapeCode{
+		"\033[2m",
+		"\033[3m",
+		"\033[3m",
+		"\033[5m",
+		"\033[6m",
+		"\033[7m",
+		"\033[8m",
+		"\033[38m",
+		"\033[39m",
+		"\033[40m",
+		"\033[41m",
+		"\033[43m",
+		"\033[45m",
+		"\033[46m",
+		"\033[48m",
+		"\033[49m",
+		"\033[50m",
+	}
+
+	for _, code := range outOfRangeCodes {
+		color, err := code.Color()
+		safeCode := code.MakeSafe()
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Unkown/unsupported escape code: '%v'", safeCode)
+		if assert.EqualError(t, err, errMsg) {
+			assert.Equal(t, color, Attribute(0), "Escape Code: "+safeCode)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Special case: check for out of slice panic on empty string
+	_, err := EscapeCode("").Color()
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, " is not a valid ASCII escape code")
+}
+
+func TestEscapeCode_String(t *testing.T) {
+	e := EscapeCode("\033[32m")
+	assert.Equal(t, "\\033[32m", e.String())
+}
+
+func TestEscapeCode_Raw(t *testing.T) {
+	e := EscapeCode("\033[32m")
+	assert.Equal(t, "\033[32m", e.Raw())
+}
+
+func TestEscapeCodeRenderer_NormalizedText(t *testing.T) {
+	renderer := EscapeCodeRenderer{"\033[33mtest \033[35mfoo \033[33;1mbar"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "test foo bar", renderer.NormalizedText())
+
+	renderer = EscapeCodeRenderer{"hello \033[38mtest"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello \033[38mtest", renderer.NormalizedText())
+}
+
+func TestEscapeCodeRenderer_RenderSequence(t *testing.T) {
+	black, white := ColorWhite, ColorBlack
+	renderer := EscapeCodeRenderer{"test \033[33mfoo \033[31mbar"}
+	sequence := renderer.RenderSequence(0, -1, black, white)
+	if assertRenderSequence(t, sequence, black, white, "test foo bar", 2) {
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[0], "YELLOW", 5, 9)
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[1], "RED", 9, 12)
+		getPoint := func(n int) Point {
+			point, width := sequence.PointAt(n, 10+n, 30)
+			assert.Equal(t, 1, width)
+
+			return point
+		}
+
+		// Also test the points at to make sure that
+		// I didn't make a counting mistake...
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(0), 't', 10, 30)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(1), 'e', 11, 30)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(2), 's', 12, 30)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(3), 't', 13, 30)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(4), ' ', 14, 30)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(5), 'f', 15, 30, ColorYellow)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(6), 'o', 16, 30, ColorYellow)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(7), 'o', 17, 30, ColorYellow)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(8), ' ', 18, 30, ColorYellow)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(9), 'b', 19, 30, ColorRed)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(10), 'a', 20, 30, ColorRed)
+		AssertPoint(t, getPoint(11), 'r', 21, 30, ColorRed)
+	}
+
+	renderer = EscapeCodeRenderer{"甗 郔\033[33m镺 笀耔 澉 灊\033[31m灅甗"}
+	sequence = renderer.RenderSequence(2, -1, black, white)
+	if assertRenderSequence(t, sequence, black, white, "郔镺 笀耔 澉 灊灅甗", 2) {
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[0], "YELLOW", 1, 9)
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[1], "RED", 9, 11)
+	}
+
+	renderer = EscapeCodeRenderer{"\033[33mHell\033[31mo world"}
+	sequence = renderer.RenderSequence(2, -1, black, white)
+	if assertRenderSequence(t, sequence, black, white, "llo world", 2) {
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[0], "YELLOW", 0, 2)
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[1], "RED", 2, 9)
+	}
+
+	sequence = renderer.RenderSequence(1, 7, black, white)
+	if assertRenderSequence(t, sequence, black, white, "ello w", 2) {
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[0], "YELLOW", 0, 3)
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[1], "RED", 3, 6)
+	}
+
+	sequence = renderer.RenderSequence(6, 10, black, white)
+	if assertRenderSequence(t, sequence, black, white, "worl", 1) {
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[0], "RED", 0, 4)
+	}
+
+	// Test with out-of-range escape code
+	renderer = EscapeCodeRenderer{"hello \033[38mtest"}
+	sequence = renderer.RenderSequence(0, -1, black, white)
+	assertRenderSequence(t, sequence, black, white, "hello \033[38mtest", 0)
+}
+
+func TestEscapeCodeRenderer_Render(t *testing.T) {
+	renderer := EscapeCodeRenderer{"test \033[33mfoo \033[31mbar"}
+	sequence := renderer.Render(4, 6)
+	if assertRenderSequence(t, sequence, 4, 6, "test foo bar", 2) {
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[0], "YELLOW", 5, 9)
+		assertColorSubsequence(t, sequence.Sequences[1], "RED", 9, 12)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEscapeCodeRendererFactory_TextRenderer(t *testing.T) {
+	factory := EscapeCodeRendererFactory{}
+	assert.Equal(t, EscapeCodeRenderer{"foo"}, factory.TextRenderer("foo"))
+	assert.Equal(t, EscapeCodeRenderer{"bar"}, factory.TextRenderer("bar"))
+}