diff --git a/bsd/load.cc b/bsd/load.cc
index f53d470..695ca96 100644
--- a/bsd/load.cc
+++ b/bsd/load.cc
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <stdlib.h> // getloadavg()
 #include <cmath> // floorf()
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include "common.h"
 #include "load.h"
+#include "../luts.h"
 
 // Load Averages
 std::string load_string( bool use_colors = false ) {
@@ -32,14 +35,33 @@ std::string load_string( bool use_colors = false ) {
   int nelem = 3;
   double averages[3];
   // based on: opensource.apple.com/source/Libc/Libc-262/gen/getloadavg.c
+
   if(getloadavg(averages, nelem) < 0)
 	ss << "0.00 0.00 0.00"; // couldn't get averages.
   else {
+	if( use_colors ) {
+	  // may not work
+	  int32_t cpu_count = 0;
+	  GETSYSCTL("hw.ncpu", cpu_count);
+
+	  unsigned load_percent = static_cast<unsigned int>(
+		  averages[0] / cpu_count * 0.5f * 100.0f);
+
+	  if( load_percent > 100 )
+		load_percent = 100;
+
+	  ss << load_lut[load_percent];
+	}
+
 	for(int i = 0; i < nelem; ++i) {
 	  // Round to nearest, make sure this is only a 0.00 value not a 0.0000
 	  float avg = floorf(static_cast<float>(averages[i]) * 100 + 0.5) / 100;
 	  ss << avg << " ";
 	}
+
+	if( use_colors )
+	  ss << "#[fg=default,bg=default]";
+
   }
 
   return ss.str();
diff --git a/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc b/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc
index 9651fa6..ce7fe56 100644
--- a/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc
+++ b/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "memory.h"
+#include "../luts.h"
 
 std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false ) {
   // These values are in bytes
@@ -54,8 +55,14 @@ std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false ) {
 	  static_cast<int64_t>(active_mem) + static_cast<int64_t>(inactive_mem) +
 	  static_cast<int64_t>(wired_mem)) * static_cast<int64_t>(page_size);
 
+  if( use_colors )
+	oss << mem_lut[(100 * used_mem) / total_mem];
+
   oss << MEGABYTES(used_mem) << '/' << MEGABYTES(total_mem) << "MB";
 
+  if( use_colors )
+	oss << "#[fg=default,bg=default]";
+
   return oss.str();
 }
 
diff --git a/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc b/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc
index c2cc3a9..8264054 100644
--- a/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc
+++ b/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "memory.h"
+#include "../luts.h"
 
 std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false ) {
 	// These values are in bytes
@@ -50,14 +51,18 @@ std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false ) {
 
     // Get all memory which can be allocated
     //unused_mem = (inactive_mem + cache_mem + free_mem) * page_size;
-    used_mem   = (
-		static_cast<int64_t>(active_mem) + 
-		static_cast<int64_t>(wired_mem) + 
-		static_cast<int64_t>(inactive_mem)) * 
-	  static_cast<int64_t>(page_size);
+    used_mem = (
+		static_cast<int64_t>(active_mem) + static_cast<int64_t>(wired_mem) + 
+		static_cast<int64_t>(inactive_mem)) * static_cast<int64_t>(page_size);
+
+	if( use_colors )
+	  oss << mem_lut[(100 * used_mem) / total_mem];
 
     oss << MEGABYTES(used_mem) << '/' << MEGABYTES(total_mem) << "MB";
 
+	if( use_colors )
+	  oss << "#[fg=default,bg=default]";
+
     return oss.str();
 }