diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.h b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
index 2a1851c0f16..ae9cda403b8 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
@@ -11,35 +11,28 @@
 #include "time-util.h"
 
 /* Regular colors */
-#define ANSI_BLACK   "\x1B[0;30m"
 #define ANSI_RED     "\x1B[0;31m"
 #define ANSI_GREEN   "\x1B[0;32m"
 #define ANSI_YELLOW  "\x1B[0;33m"
 #define ANSI_BLUE    "\x1B[0;34m"
 #define ANSI_MAGENTA "\x1B[0;35m"
-#define ANSI_CYAN    "\x1B[0;36m"
-#define ANSI_WHITE   "\x1B[0;37m"
-#define ANSI_GREY    "\x1B[0;2;37m"
+#define ANSI_GREY    "\x1B[0;38;5;245m"
 
 /* Bold/highlighted */
-#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_BLACK   "\x1B[0;1;30m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_RED     "\x1B[0;1;31m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_GREEN   "\x1B[0;1;32m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW  "\x1B[0;1;33m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_BLUE    "\x1B[0;1;34m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_MAGENTA "\x1B[0;1;35m"
-#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_CYAN    "\x1B[0;1;36m"
-#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_WHITE   "\x1B[0;1;37m"
+#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_GREY    "\x1B[0;1;38;5;245m"
 
 /* Underlined */
-#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_BLACK_UNDERLINE   "\x1B[0;1;4;30m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_RED_UNDERLINE     "\x1B[0;1;4;31m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_GREEN_UNDERLINE   "\x1B[0;1;4;32m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW_UNDERLINE  "\x1B[0;1;4;33m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_BLUE_UNDERLINE    "\x1B[0;1;4;34m"
 #define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_MAGENTA_UNDERLINE "\x1B[0;1;4;35m"
-#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_CYAN_UNDERLINE    "\x1B[0;1;4;36m"
-#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_WHITE_UNDERLINE   "\x1B[0;1;4;37m"
+#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_GREY_UNDERLINE    "\x1B[0;1;4;38;5;245m"
 
 /* Other ANSI codes */
 #define ANSI_UNDERLINE "\x1B[0;4m"
@@ -127,21 +120,29 @@ bool dev_console_colors_enabled(void);
                         colors_enabled() ? ANSI_##REPLACEMENT : "";     \
         }
 
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight,                  HIGHLIGHT);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_red,              HIGHLIGHT_RED);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_green,            HIGHLIGHT_GREEN);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_yellow,           HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_blue,             HIGHLIGHT_BLUE);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_magenta,          HIGHLIGHT_MAGENTA);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(normal,                     NORMAL);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(grey,                       GREY);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(normal,            NORMAL);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight,         HIGHLIGHT);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(red,               RED);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(green,             GREEN);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(yellow,            YELLOW);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(blue,              BLUE);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(magenta,           MAGENTA);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(grey,              GREY);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_red,     HIGHLIGHT_RED);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_green,   HIGHLIGHT_GREEN);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_yellow,  HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_blue,    HIGHLIGHT_BLUE);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_magenta, HIGHLIGHT_MAGENTA);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC(highlight_grey,    HIGHLIGHT_GREY);
 
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(underline,                  UNDERLINE, NORMAL);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_underline,        HIGHLIGHT_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_red_underline,    HIGHLIGHT_RED_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_RED);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_green_underline,  HIGHLIGHT_GREEN_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_GREEN);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_yellow_underline, HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW);
-DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_blue_underline,   HIGHLIGHT_BLUE_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_BLUE);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(underline,                   UNDERLINE, NORMAL);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_underline,         HIGHLIGHT_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_red_underline,     HIGHLIGHT_RED_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_RED);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_green_underline,   HIGHLIGHT_GREEN_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_GREEN);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_yellow_underline,  HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_blue_underline,    HIGHLIGHT_BLUE_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_BLUE);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_magenta_underline, HIGHLIGHT_MAGENTA_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_MAGENTA);
+DEFINE_ANSI_FUNC_UNDERLINE(highlight_grey_underline,    HIGHLIGHT_GREY_UNDERLINE, HIGHLIGHT_GREY);
 
 int get_ctty_devnr(pid_t pid, dev_t *d);
 int get_ctty(pid_t, dev_t *_devnr, char **r);
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-verify.c b/src/journal/journal-verify.c
index 0a06ce7b847..344b7b019a5 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-verify.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-verify.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void draw_progress(uint64_t p, usec_t *last_usec) {
         for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
                 fputs("\xe2\x96\x88", stdout);
 
-        fputs(ANSI_NORMAL, stdout);
+        fputs(ansi_normal(), stdout);
 
         for (i = 0; i < k; i++)
                 fputs("\xe2\x96\x91", stdout);
diff --git a/src/test/test-terminal-util.c b/src/test/test-terminal-util.c
index 96d92279fbf..0e563f54970 100644
--- a/src/test/test-terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-terminal-util.c
@@ -75,12 +75,45 @@ static void test_getttyname_malloc(void) {
         assert_se(PATH_IN_SET(ttyname, "ptmx", "pts/ptmx"));
 }
 
+static void test_one_color(const char *name, const char *color) {
+        printf("<%s%s%s>\n", color, name, ansi_normal());
+}
+
+static void test_colors(void) {
+        log_info("/* %s */", __func__);
+
+        test_one_color("normal", ansi_normal());
+        test_one_color("highlight", ansi_highlight());
+        test_one_color("red", ansi_red());
+        test_one_color("green", ansi_green());
+        test_one_color("yellow", ansi_yellow());
+        test_one_color("blue", ansi_blue());
+        test_one_color("megenta", ansi_magenta());
+        test_one_color("grey", ansi_grey());
+        test_one_color("highlight-red", ansi_highlight_red());
+        test_one_color("highlight-green", ansi_highlight_green());
+        test_one_color("highlight-yellow", ansi_highlight_yellow());
+        test_one_color("highlight-blue", ansi_highlight_blue());
+        test_one_color("highlight-magenta", ansi_highlight_magenta());
+        test_one_color("highlight-grey", ansi_highlight_grey());
+
+        test_one_color("underline", ansi_underline());
+        test_one_color("highlight-underline", ansi_highlight_underline());
+        test_one_color("highlight-red-underline", ansi_highlight_red_underline());
+        test_one_color("highlight-green-underline", ansi_highlight_green_underline());
+        test_one_color("highlight-yellow-underline", ansi_highlight_yellow_underline());
+        test_one_color("highlight-blue-underline", ansi_highlight_blue_underline());
+        test_one_color("highlight-magenta-underline", ansi_highlight_magenta_underline());
+        test_one_color("highlight-grey-underline", ansi_highlight_grey_underline());
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         test_setup_logging(LOG_INFO);
 
         test_default_term_for_tty();
         test_read_one_char();
         test_getttyname_malloc();
+        test_colors();
 
         return 0;
 }