diff --git a/alacritty.yml b/alacritty.yml
index c87b7ce..2858295 100644
--- a/alacritty.yml
+++ b/alacritty.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
   primary:
     background: '0x000000'
     foreground: '0xeaeaea'
+    bright_foreground: '0xeaeaea'
 
   # Colors the cursor will use if `custom_cursor_colors` is true
   cursor:
diff --git a/alacritty_macos.yml b/alacritty_macos.yml
index b5e54d2..99ca4c9 100644
--- a/alacritty_macos.yml
+++ b/alacritty_macos.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
   primary:
     background: '0x000000'
     foreground: '0xeaeaea'
+    bright_foreground: '0xeaeaea'
 
   # Colors the cursor will use if `custom_cursor_colors` is true
   cursor:
diff --git a/src/ansi.rs b/src/ansi.rs
index 3bcfff8..c63d334 100644
--- a/src/ansi.rs
+++ b/src/ansi.rs
@@ -558,11 +558,14 @@
     DimCyan,
     /// Dim white
     DimWhite,
+    /// The bright foreground color
+    BrightForeground,
 }
 
 impl NamedColor {
     pub fn to_bright(&self) -> Self {
         match *self {
+            NamedColor::Foreground => NamedColor::BrightForeground,
             NamedColor::Black => NamedColor::BrightBlack,
             NamedColor::Red => NamedColor::BrightRed,
             NamedColor::Green => NamedColor::BrightGreen,
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 4295c2c..68be2a6 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -969,6 +969,24 @@
     pub background: Rgb,
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "rgb_from_hex")]
     pub foreground: Rgb,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_bright_foreground")]
+    pub bright_foreground: Option<Rgb>,
+}
+
+fn deserialize_bright_foreground<'a, D>(deserializer: D) -> ::std::result::Result<Option<Rgb>, D::Error>
+    where D: de::Deserializer<'a>
+{
+    match Option::deserialize(deserializer) {
+        Ok(Some(color)) => {
+            let color: serde_yaml::Value = color;
+            Ok(Some(rgb_from_hex(color).unwrap()))
+        },
+        Ok(None) => Ok(None),
+        Err(err) => {
+            eprintln!("problem with config: {}; Using standard foreground color", err);
+            Ok(None)
+        },
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for PrimaryColors {
@@ -976,6 +994,7 @@
         PrimaryColors {
             background: Rgb { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0 },
             foreground: Rgb { r: 0xea, g: 0xea, b: 0xea },
+            bright_foreground: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/term/color.rs b/src/term/color.rs
index d25f2f3..b84f11b 100644
--- a/src/term/color.rs
+++ b/src/term/color.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use {Rgb, ansi};
 use config::Colors;
 
-pub const COUNT: usize = 268;
+pub const COUNT: usize = 269;
 
 /// List of indexed colors
 ///
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 /// the configured foreground color, item 257 is the configured background
 /// color, item 258 is the cursor foreground color, item 259 is the cursor
 /// background color. Following that are 8 positions for dim colors.
+/// Item 268 is the bright foreground color.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct List([Rgb; COUNT]);
 
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@
         self[ansi::NamedColor::BrightMagenta] = colors.bright.magenta;
         self[ansi::NamedColor::BrightCyan]    = colors.bright.cyan;
         self[ansi::NamedColor::BrightWhite]   = colors.bright.white;
+        self[ansi::NamedColor::BrightForeground] = colors
+            .primary
+            .bright_foreground
+            .unwrap_or(colors.primary.foreground);
 
         // Foreground and background
         self[ansi::NamedColor::Foreground] = colors.primary.foreground;