diff --git a/cli/client.go b/cli/client.go
index 1ac2e148a..90a62127e 100644
--- a/cli/client.go
+++ b/cli/client.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil/cidenc"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/peer"
@@ -737,6 +738,11 @@ var clientListDeals = &cli.Command{
 			Aliases: []string{"v"},
 			Usage:   "print verbose deal details",
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "color",
+			Usage: "use color in display output",
+			Value: true,
+		},
 	},
 	Action: func(cctx *cli.Context) error {
 		api, closer, err := GetFullNodeAPI(cctx)
@@ -780,6 +786,8 @@ var clientListDeals = &cli.Command{
 			}
 		}
 
+		color := cctx.Bool("color")
+
 		w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 2, 4, 2, ' ', 0)
 		if cctx.Bool("verbose") {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "DealCid\tDealId\tProvider\tState\tOn Chain?\tSlashed?\tPieceCID\tSize\tPrice\tDuration\tMessage\n")
@@ -795,7 +803,7 @@ var clientListDeals = &cli.Command{
 				}
 
 				price := types.FIL(types.BigMul(d.LocalDeal.PricePerEpoch, types.NewInt(d.LocalDeal.Duration)))
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%d\t%s\n", d.LocalDeal.ProposalCid, d.LocalDeal.DealID, d.LocalDeal.Provider, storagemarket.DealStates[d.LocalDeal.State], onChain, slashed, d.LocalDeal.PieceCID, types.SizeStr(types.NewInt(d.LocalDeal.Size)), price, d.LocalDeal.Duration, d.LocalDeal.Message)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%d\t%s\n", d.LocalDeal.ProposalCid, d.LocalDeal.DealID, d.LocalDeal.Provider, dealStateString(color, d.LocalDeal.State), onChain, slashed, d.LocalDeal.PieceCID, types.SizeStr(types.NewInt(d.LocalDeal.Size)), price, d.LocalDeal.Duration, d.LocalDeal.Message)
 			}
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "DealCid\tDealId\tProvider\tState\tOn Chain?\tSlashed?\tPieceCID\tSize\tPrice\tDuration\n")
@@ -818,7 +826,7 @@ var clientListDeals = &cli.Command{
 				piece = "..." + piece[len(piece)-8:]
 
 				price := types.FIL(types.BigMul(d.LocalDeal.PricePerEpoch, types.NewInt(d.LocalDeal.Duration)))
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%d\n", propcid, d.LocalDeal.DealID, d.LocalDeal.Provider, storagemarket.DealStates[d.LocalDeal.State], onChain, slashed, piece, types.SizeStr(types.NewInt(d.LocalDeal.Size)), price, d.LocalDeal.Duration)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%d\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%d\n", propcid, d.LocalDeal.DealID, d.LocalDeal.Provider, dealStateString(color, d.LocalDeal.State), onChain, slashed, piece, types.SizeStr(types.NewInt(d.LocalDeal.Size)), price, d.LocalDeal.Duration)
 			}
 
 		}
@@ -826,6 +834,22 @@ var clientListDeals = &cli.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+func dealStateString(c bool, state storagemarket.StorageDealStatus) string {
+	s := storagemarket.DealStates[state]
+	if !c {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	switch state {
+	case storagemarket.StorageDealError, storagemarket.StorageDealExpired:
+		return color.RedString(s)
+	case storagemarket.StorageDealActive:
+		return color.GreenString(s)
+	default:
+		return s
+	}
+}
+
 type deal struct {
 	LocalDeal        lapi.DealInfo
 	OnChainDealState market.DealState
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3de83bcd7..a9a9fecd6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.1 h1:3oxKN3wbHibqx897utPC2LTQU4J+IHWWJO+glkAkpFM=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.1/go.mod h1:1jcaCB/ufaK+sKp1NBhlGmpz41jOoPQ35bpF36t7BBo=
+github.com/GeertJohan/go.incremental v1.0.0 h1:7AH+pY1XUgQE4Y1HcXYaMqAI0m9yrFqo/jt0CW30vsg=
 github.com/GeertJohan/go.incremental v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6fAjUhbVuX1KcMD3c8TEgVUqmo4seqhv0i0kdATSkM0=
 github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice v1.0.0 h1:KkI6O9uMaQU3VEKaj01ulavtF7o1fWT7+pk/4voiMLQ=
 github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice v1.0.0/go.mod h1:eH6gbSOAUv07dQuZVnBmoDP8mgsM1rtixis4Tib9if0=
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ github.com/Stebalien/go-bitfield v0.0.1/go.mod h1:GNjFpasyUVkHMsfEOk8EFLJ9syQ6SI
 github.com/VividCortex/gohistogram v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Pf5mBqqDxYaXu3hDrrU+w6nw50o/4+TcAqDqk/vUH7g=
 github.com/aead/siphash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Nywa3cDsYNNK3gaciGTWPwHt0wlpNV15vwmswBAUSII=
 github.com/afex/hystrix-go v0.0.0-20180502004556-fa1af6a1f4f5/go.mod h1:SkGFH1ia65gfNATL8TAiHDNxPzPdmEL5uirI2Uyuz6c=
+github.com/akavel/rsrc v0.8.0 h1:zjWn7ukO9Kc5Q62DOJCcxGpXC18RawVtYAGdz2aLlfw=
 github.com/akavel/rsrc v0.8.0/go.mod h1:uLoCtb9J+EyAqh+26kdrTgmzRBFPGOolLWKpdxkKq+c=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751 h1:JYp7IbQjafoB+tBA3gMyHYHrpOtNuDiK/uB5uXxq5wM=