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+import colorama
+import pytest
+
+from jrnl.color import colorize
+from colorama import Fore, Style
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def data_fixture():
+    string = "Zwei peanuts walked into a bar"
+    yield string
+
+
+def test_colorize(data_fixture):
+    string = data_fixture
+    colorized_string = colorize(string, "BLUE", True)
+
+    assert colorized_string == Style.BRIGHT + Fore.BLUE + string + Style.RESET_ALL
+
+
+def test_colorize_none(data_fixture):
+    string = data_fixture
+    colorized_string = colorize(string, None, False)
+    assert colorized_string == string