From 147dee5e9d1cb88dd184c7faad5cd083ad1526f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Moreno <morenoh149@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 12:35:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document how to colorize levels (#1258)

* closes #1135
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 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 092f1ae22..c536f24a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -592,6 +592,17 @@ Possible options are below.
 
 * Background colors: `blackBG`, `redBG`, `greenBG`, `yellowBG`, `blueBG`
   `magentaBG`, `cyanBG`, `whiteBG`
+  
+### Colorizing Standard logging levels
+
+To colorize the standard logging level add
+```js
+winston.format.combine(
+  winston.format.colorize(),
+  winston.format.json()
+)
+```
+where `winston.format.json()` is whatever other formatter you want to use.
 
 ## Transports