diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 33f99bbd..7e4f8d11 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ install:
 script:
   - test/powerlevel9k.spec
   - test/functions/utilities.spec
+  - test/functions/colors.spec
 
diff --git a/test/functions/colors.spec b/test/functions/colors.spec
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d1c5a6fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functions/colors.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+#vim:ft=zsh ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et fenc=utf-8
+
+# Required for shunit2 to run correctly
+setopt shwordsplit
+SHUNIT_PARENT=$0
+
+function oneTimeSetUp() {
+  # Load Powerlevel9k
+  source functions/colors.zsh
+}
+
+function testGetColorCodeWithAnsiForegroundColor() {
+  assertEquals '002' "$(getColorCode 'green')"
+}
+
+function testGetColorCodeWithAnsiBackgroundColor() {
+  assertEquals '002' "$(getColorCode 'bg-green')"
+}
+
+function testGetColorCodeWithNumericalColor() {
+  assertEquals '002' "$(getColorCode '002')"
+}
+
+function testIsSameColorComparesAnsiForegroundAndNumericalColorCorrectly() {
+  assertTrue "isSameColor 'green' '002'"
+}
+
+function testIsSameColorComparesAnsiBackgroundAndNumericalColorCorrectly() {
+  assertTrue "isSameColor 'bg-green' '002'"
+}
+
+function testIsSameColorComparesNumericalBackgroundAndNumericalColorCorrectly() {
+  assertTrue "isSameColor '010' '2'"
+}
+
+function testIsSameColorDoesNotYieldNotEqualColorsTruthy() {
+  assertFalse "isSameColor 'green' '003'"
+}
+
+
+source shunit2/source/2.1/src/shunit2