diff --git a/jrnl/Entry.py b/jrnl/Entry.py
index 18187a43..c419cf10 100755
--- a/jrnl/Entry.py
+++ b/jrnl/Entry.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Entry:
             return "{title}{sep}{body}\n".format(
                 title=title,
                 sep="\n" if has_body else "",
-                body=body if has_body else "",
+                body=colorize(body, self.journal.config['colors']['body']) if has_body else "",
             )
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 886045a6..99c7f250 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ class Journal(object):
                 for tag in self.search_tags:
                     tagre = re.compile(re.escape(tag), re.IGNORECASE)
                     pp = re.sub(tagre,
-                                lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0), "CYAN"),
+                                lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0), self.config['colors']['tags']),
                                 pp, re.UNICODE)
             else:
                 pp = re.sub(
                     Entry.Entry.tag_regex(self.config['tagsymbols']),
-                    lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0), "CYAN"),
+                    lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0), self.config['colors']['tags']),
                     pp
                 )
         return pp
diff --git a/jrnl/install.py b/jrnl/install.py
index c0fc7dd6..a7ff4602 100644
--- a/jrnl/install.py
+++ b/jrnl/install.py
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ default_config = {
     'linewrap': 79,
     'indent_character': '|',
     'colors': {
-        'date': 'red',
-        'title': 'blue',
+        'date': 'none',
+        'title': 'none',
+        'body': 'none',
+        'tags': 'none',
     },
 }
 
diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index 806f6d23..a3230f10 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ def verify_config(config):
         if upper_color == "NONE":
             pass
         if not getattr(colorama.Fore, upper_color, None):
-            # TODO: Not sure whether both of these should stay or not.
-            print("[{2}ERROR{3}: {0} set to invalid color: {1}]".format(key, color, ERROR_COLOR, RESET_COLOR))
-            log.error("Invalid color configuration value for '{0}'.".format(key))
+            print("[{2}ERROR{3}: {0} set to invalid color: {1}]".format(key, color, ERROR_COLOR, RESET_COLOR), file=sys.stderr)
             all_valid_colors = False
     return all_valid_colors