diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 545b12ce296..0cf66f99ee7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ name = "boa_cli"
 version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "Boa",
+ "colored",
  "jemallocator",
  "rustyline",
  "serde_json",
@@ -180,6 +181,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colored"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3616f750b84d8f0de8a58bda93e08e2a81ad3f523089b05f1dffecab48c6cbd"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/boa/src/builtins/value/display.rs b/boa/src/builtins/value/display.rs
index 1d936e6d906..40c0b8f7204 100644
--- a/boa/src/builtins/value/display.rs
+++ b/boa/src/builtins/value/display.rs
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ pub(crate) fn display_obj(v: &Value, print_internals: bool) -> String {
     // in-memory address in this set
     let mut encounters = HashSet::new();
 
+    if let Value::Object(object) = v {
+        if object.borrow().is_error() {
+            let name = v.get_field("name");
+            let message = v.get_field("message");
+            return format!("{}: {}", name, message);
+        }
+    }
+
     fn display_obj_internal(
         data: &Value,
         encounters: &mut HashSet<usize>,
diff --git a/boa_cli/Cargo.toml b/boa_cli/Cargo.toml
index bf9dd0db125..58e0e59b5a1 100644
--- a/boa_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/boa_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Boa = { path = "../boa", features = ["serde"] }
 rustyline = "6.2.0"
 structopt = "0.3.15"
 serde_json = "1.0.56"
+colored = "2.0.0"
 
 [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.dependencies]
 jemallocator = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/boa_cli/src/main.rs b/boa_cli/src/main.rs
index 8dee2832c80..8e778c2c878 100644
--- a/boa_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/boa_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use boa::{
     realm::Realm,
     syntax::ast::{node::StatementList, token::Token},
 };
+use colored::*;
 use rustyline::{config::Config, error::ReadlineError, EditMode, Editor};
 use std::{fs::read_to_string, path::PathBuf};
 use structopt::{clap::arg_enum, StructOpt};
@@ -208,8 +209,10 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         let mut editor = Editor::<()>::with_config(config);
         let _ = editor.load_history(CLI_HISTORY);
 
+        let readline = "> ".cyan().bold().to_string();
+
         loop {
-            match editor.readline("> ") {
+            match editor.readline(&readline) {
                 Ok(line) if line == ".exit" => break,
                 Err(ReadlineError::Interrupted) | Err(ReadlineError::Eof) => break,
 
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
                     } else {
                         match forward_val(&mut engine, line.trim_end()) {
                             Ok(v) => println!("{}", v),
-                            Err(v) => eprintln!("{}", v),
+                            Err(v) => eprintln!("{}: {}", "Uncaught".red(), v.to_string().red()),
                         }
                     }
                 }