diff --git a/features/core.feature b/features/core.feature
index dd072ba4..06afa2ac 100644
--- a/features/core.feature
+++ b/features/core.feature
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ Feature: Basic reading and writing to a journal
         When we run "jrnl -on 2013-06-10 -s"
         Then the output should be
         """
-        [ERROR: date set to invalid color: not-a-color]
-        [ERROR: title set to invalid color: also-not-a-color]
         2013-06-10 15:40 Life is good.
         """
+        And we should get no error
diff --git a/features/data/configs/basic.yaml b/features/data/configs/basic.yaml
index 01dd1c0c..d249187c 100644
--- a/features/data/configs/basic.yaml
+++ b/features/data/configs/basic.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ indent_character: "|"
 colors:
   date: red
   title: green
+  body: yellow
+  tags: black
diff --git a/features/data/configs/bug153.yaml b/features/data/configs/bug153.yaml
index 6b3096a1..e43cbba8 100644
--- a/features/data/configs/bug153.yaml
+++ b/features/data/configs/bug153.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ indent_character: "|"
 colors:
   date: red
   title: green
+  body: yellow
+  tags: black
diff --git a/features/data/configs/invalid_color.yaml b/features/data/configs/invalid_color.yaml
index 4c2c78fc..25c0e58d 100644
--- a/features/data/configs/invalid_color.yaml
+++ b/features/data/configs/invalid_color.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ indent_character: "|"
 colors:
   date: not-a-color
   title: also-not-a-color
+  body: still-no-color
+  tags: me-too
diff --git a/features/data/configs/markdown-headings-335.yaml b/features/data/configs/markdown-headings-335.yaml
index b180fcd3..bb114675 100644
--- a/features/data/configs/markdown-headings-335.yaml
+++ b/features/data/configs/markdown-headings-335.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ indent_character: "|"
 colors:
   date: red
   title: green
+  body: yellow
+  tags: black
diff --git a/features/data/configs/tags-216.yaml b/features/data/configs/tags-216.yaml
index 37cfa11f..d967801c 100644
--- a/features/data/configs/tags-216.yaml
+++ b/features/data/configs/tags-216.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ indent_character: "|"
 colors:
   date: red
   title: green
+  body: yellow
+  tags: black
diff --git a/features/data/configs/tags-237.yaml b/features/data/configs/tags-237.yaml
index 27b662dd..6fc8b814 100644
--- a/features/data/configs/tags-237.yaml
+++ b/features/data/configs/tags-237.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ indent_character: "|"
 colors:
   date: red
   title: green
+  body: yellow
+  tags: black
diff --git a/features/data/configs/tags.yaml b/features/data/configs/tags.yaml
index bb0c39c1..0be45a6d 100644
--- a/features/data/configs/tags.yaml
+++ b/features/data/configs/tags.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ indent_character: "|"
 colors:
   date: red
   title: green
+  body: yellow
+  tags: black
diff --git a/features/upgrade.feature b/features/upgrade.feature
index 587102eb..ae1ac931 100644
--- a/features/upgrade.feature
+++ b/features/upgrade.feature
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ Feature: Upgrading Journals from 1.x.x to 2.x.x
     Scenario: Upgrading a config without colors to colors
         Given we use the config "no_colors.yaml"
         When we run "jrnl -n 1"
-        Then the config should have "colors" set to "{'date':'red', 'title':'blue'}"
+        Then the config should have "colors" set to "{'date':'none', 'title':'none', 'body':'none', 'tags':'none'}"
diff --git a/jrnl/Entry.py b/jrnl/Entry.py
index c419cf10..66f0c997 100755
--- a/jrnl/Entry.py
+++ b/jrnl/Entry.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 import ansiwrap
 from datetime import datetime
-from .util import split_title, colorize
+from .util import split_title, colorize, highlight_tags_maintain_background_color
 
 
 class Entry:
@@ -73,16 +73,28 @@ class Entry:
     def pprint(self, short=False):
         """Returns a pretty-printed version of the entry.
         If short is true, only print the title."""
-        date_str = self.date.strftime(self.journal.config['timeformat'])
+
+        # Handle indentation
         if self.journal.config['indent_character']:
             indent = self.journal.config['indent_character'].rstrip() + " "
         else:
             indent = ""
+
+        date_str = colorize(self.date.strftime(self.journal.config['timeformat']),
+                            self.journal.config['colors']['date'])
+
         if not short and self.journal.config['linewrap']:
-            # Color date and color / bold title and make sure first line of title is bolded
-            title = ansiwrap.fill(colorize(date_str, self.journal.config['colors']['date']) + " " +
-                                  colorize(self.title, self.journal.config['colors']['title'], bold=True),
+            # Color date and color / bold title
+            title = ansiwrap.fill(date_str + " " +
+                                  highlight_tags_maintain_background_color(self,
+                                                                           self.title,
+                                                                           self.journal.config['colors']['title'],
+                                                                           bold=True),
                                   self.journal.config['linewrap'])
+            body = highlight_tags_maintain_background_color(self,
+                                                            self.body.rstrip(" \n"),
+                                                            self.journal.config['colors']['body'],
+                                                            bold=False)
             body = "\n".join([
                 ansiwrap.fill(
                     line,
@@ -90,12 +102,18 @@ class Entry:
                     initial_indent=indent,
                     subsequent_indent=indent,
                     drop_whitespace=True) or indent
-                for line in self.body.rstrip(" \n").splitlines()
+                for line in body.splitlines()
             ])
         else:
-            title = colorize(date_str, self.journal.config['colors']['date']) + " " +\
-                    colorize(self.title.rstrip("\n"), self.journal.config['colors']['title'], bold=True)
-            body = self.body.rstrip("\n ")
+            title = date_str + " " + \
+                    highlight_tags_maintain_background_color(self,
+                                                             self.title.rstrip("\n"),
+                                                             self.journal.config['colors']['title'],
+                                                             bold=True)
+            body = highlight_tags_maintain_background_color(self,
+                                                            self.body.rstrip("\n "),
+                                                            self.journal.config['colors']['body'],
+                                                            bold=False)
 
         # Suppress bodies that are just blanks and new lines.
         has_body = len(self.body) > 20 or not all(char in (" ", "\n") for char in self.body)
@@ -106,7 +124,7 @@ class Entry:
             return "{title}{sep}{body}\n".format(
                 title=title,
                 sep="\n" if has_body else "",
-                body=colorize(body, self.journal.config['colors']['body']) if has_body else "",
+                body=body if has_body else "",
             )
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 99c7f250..4288c0f2 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -145,22 +145,7 @@ class Journal(object):
 
     def pprint(self, short=False):
         """Prettyprints the journal's entries"""
-        sep = "\n"
-        pp = sep.join([e.pprint(short=short) for e in self.entries])
-        if self.config['highlight']:  # highlight tags
-            if self.search_tags:
-                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), 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), self.config['colors']['tags']),
-                    pp
-                )
-        return pp
+        return "\n".join([e.pprint(short=short) for e in self.entries])
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<Journal with {0} entries>".format(len(self.entries))
diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index a3230f10..1b3e04ac 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -212,6 +212,44 @@ def colorize(string, color, bold=False):
         return colorama.Style.BRIGHT + color_escape + string + colorama.Style.RESET_ALL
 
 
+def highlight_tags_maintain_background_color(entry, text, color, bold=False):
+    """
+    Takes a string and colorizes the tags in it based upon the config value for
+    color.tags, while colorizing the rest of the text based on color.
+    :param entry: Entry object, for access to journal config
+    :param text: Text to be colorized
+    :param color: Color for non-tag text, passed to colorize()
+    :param bold: Bold flag text, passed to colorize()
+    :return: Colorized str
+    """
+    config = entry.journal.config
+    if config['highlight']:  # highlight tags
+        if entry.journal.search_tags:
+            for tag in entry.search_tags:
+                text_split = re.split(re.compile(re.escape(tag), re.IGNORECASE),
+                                      text,
+                                      flags=re.UNICODE)
+                text = [colorize(part.strip(),
+                                 color,
+                                 bold)
+                        if len(part) > 0 and part[0] not in config['tagsymbols']
+                        else colorize(part.strip(),
+                                      config['colors']['tags'],
+                                      not bold)
+                        for part in text_split]
+        else:
+            text_split = re.split(entry.tag_regex(config['tagsymbols']), text)
+            text = [colorize(part.strip(),
+                             color,
+                             bold)
+                    if len(part) > 0 and part[0] not in config['tagsymbols']
+                    else colorize(part.strip(),
+                                  config['colors']['tags'],
+                                  not bold)
+                    for part in text_split]
+    return " ".join(text)
+
+
 def slugify(string):
     """Slugifies a string.
     Based on public domain code from https://github.com/zacharyvoase/slugify