diff --git a/jrnl/Entry.py b/jrnl/Entry.py
index 1306cef5..ba2f7dd0 100755
--- a/jrnl/Entry.py
+++ b/jrnl/Entry.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 import textwrap
 from datetime import datetime
-from .util import split_title
+from .util import split_title, bold, colorize_red
 
 
 class Entry:
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ class Entry:
         else:
             indent = ""
         if not short and self.journal.config['linewrap']:
-            title = textwrap.fill(date_str + " " + self.title, self.journal.config['linewrap'])
+            # Color date red and make sure first line of title is bolded
+            title = textwrap.fill(colorize_red(date_str) + " " + bold(self.title), self.journal.config['linewrap'])
+            # Make sure all lines after the first are bolded, too
+            title = "".join([bold(part) + "\n" for part in title.split("\n")])
             body = "\n".join([
                 textwrap.fill(
                     line,
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ class Entry:
                 for line in self.body.rstrip(" \n").splitlines()
             ])
         else:
-            title = date_str + " " + self.title.rstrip("\n ")
+            title = colorize_red(date_str) + " " + bold(self.title.rstrip("\n "))
             body = self.body.rstrip("\n ")
 
         # Suppress bodies that are just blanks and new lines.
diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 72fe94b1..4bbc8e5f 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)),
+                                lambda match: util.colorize_cyan(match.group(0)),
                                 pp, re.UNICODE)
             else:
                 pp = re.sub(
                     Entry.Entry.tag_regex(self.config['tagsymbols']),
-                    lambda match: util.colorize(match.group(0)),
+                    lambda match: util.colorize_cyan(match.group(0)),
                     pp
                 )
         return pp
diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index bc36ba9b..e284b857 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -180,11 +180,22 @@ def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
     return raw
 
 
-def colorize(string):
+def colorize_cyan(string):
     """Returns the string wrapped in cyan ANSI escape"""
     return u"\033[36m{}\033[39m".format(string)
 
 
+def colorize_red(string):
+    """Returns the string wrapped in red ANSI escape"""
+    return u"\033[91m{}\033[0m".format(string)
+
+
+def bold(string):
+    """Returns the string wrapped in bold ANSI escape. Bug / feature that it
+    also colors the text blue, for some unknown reason."""
+    return u"\033[1m{}\033[0m".format(string)
+
+
 def slugify(string):
     """Slugifies a string.
     Based on public domain code from https://github.com/zacharyvoase/slugify