diff --git a/validations_libs/cli/colors.py b/validations_libs/cli/colors.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8247f797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validations_libs/cli/colors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+#   Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#   not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#   a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#   WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#   under the License.
+
+# PrettyTable Colors:
+RED = "\033[1;31m"
+GREEN = "\033[0;32m"
+CYAN = "\033[36m"
+RESET = "\033[0;0m"
+YELLOW = "\033[0;33m"
+
+colors = {
+    'starting': CYAN,
+    'running': CYAN,
+    'PASSED': GREEN,
+    'UNKNOWN': YELLOW,
+    'UNREACHABLE': YELLOW,
+    'ERROR': RED,
+    'FAILED': RED
+}
+
+
+def color_output(output, status=None):
+    """Apply color to output based on colors dict entries.
+    Unknown status or no status at all results in aplication
+    of YELLOW color.
+
+    .. note::
+
+       Coloring itself is performed using format method of the
+       string class. This function is merely a wrapper around it,
+       and around ANSI escape sequences as defined by ECMA-48.
+
+    """
+    if status:
+        color = colors.get(status, YELLOW)
+    else:
+        color = colors['UNKNOWN']
+
+    output = '{}{}{}'.format(
+        color,
+        output,
+        RESET)
+
+    return output
diff --git a/validations_libs/cli/common.py b/validations_libs/cli/common.py
index 703d034a..1d0aa4bd 100644
--- a/validations_libs/cli/common.py
+++ b/validations_libs/cli/common.py
@@ -19,16 +19,10 @@ from prettytable import PrettyTable
 
 from validations_libs import constants
 from validations_libs import utils as v_utils
+from validations_libs.cli import colors
 
 GROUP_FILE = constants.VALIDATION_GROUPS_INFO
 
-# PrettyTable Colors:
-RED = "\033[1;31m"
-GREEN = "\033[0;32m"
-CYAN = "\033[36m"
-RESET = "\033[0;0m"
-YELLOW = "\033[0;33m"
-
 
 def print_dict(data):
     """Print table from python dict with PrettyTable"""
@@ -49,16 +43,12 @@ def print_dict(data):
                     # if ValueError, then host is in unknown state:
                     _name = host
                     _status = 'UNKNOWN'
-                color = (GREEN if _status == 'PASSED' else
-                         (YELLOW if _status == 'UNREACHABLE' else RED))
-                _name = '{}{}{}'.format(color, _name, RESET)
+                _name = colors.color_output(_name, status=_status)
                 hosts.append(_name)
             row['Status_by_Host'] = ', '.join(hosts)
         if row.get('Status'):
             status = row.get('Status')
-            color = (CYAN if status in ['starting', 'running']
-                     else GREEN if status == 'PASSED' else RED)
-            row['Status'] = '{}{}{}'.format(color, status, RESET)
+            row['Status'] = colors.color_output(status, status=status)
         table.add_row(row.values())
     print(table)
 
diff --git a/validations_libs/tests/cli/test_colors.py b/validations_libs/tests/cli/test_colors.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91496a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validations_libs/tests/cli/test_colors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#   Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#   not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#   a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#   WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#   under the License.
+#
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from validations_libs.cli import colors
+
+
+class TestColors(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        RED = "\033[1;31m"
+        GREEN = "\033[0;32m"
+        CYAN = "\033[36m"
+        RESET = "\033[0;0m"
+        YELLOW = "\033[0;33m"
+
+        self.status_color = {
+            'starting': CYAN,
+            'running': CYAN,
+            'PASSED': GREEN,
+            'UNKNOWN': YELLOW,
+            'UNREACHABLE': YELLOW,
+            'ERROR': RED,
+            'FAILED': RED
+        }
+
+        super(TestColors, self).setUp()
+
+    def test_format_known_status(self):
+        """Tests formatting, meaning coloring, for every
+        status recognized by VF.
+        """
+
+        for status in self.status_color:
+            color = self.status_color[status]
+            colored_output = colors.color_output("fizz", status=status)
+            #Checking reset color
+            self.assertEquals(colored_output[-6:], '\033[0;0m')
+            #Checking output color
+            self.assertEquals(colored_output[:len(color)], color)
+            #Checking output string
+            self.assertEquals(colored_output[len(color):][:4], "fizz")
+
+    def test_format_unknown_status(self):
+
+        color = self.status_color['UNKNOWN']
+        colored_output = colors.color_output("buzz")
+        #Checking reset color
+        self.assertEquals(colored_output[-6:], '\033[0;0m')
+        #Checking output color
+        self.assertEquals(colored_output[:len(color)], color)
+        #Checking output string
+        self.assertEquals(colored_output[len(color):][:4], "buzz")