diff --git a/lib/colors.js b/lib/colors.js
index 1fb08b5..dc2e9dd 100644
--- a/lib/colors.js
+++ b/lib/colors.js
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ if (typeof colors.enabled === "undefined") {
   colors.enabled = colors.supportsColor() !== false;
 }
 
-colors.stripColors = colors.strip = function(str){
+colors.stripColors = colors.strip = function (str) {
   return ("" + str).replace(/\x1B\[\d+m/g, '');
 };
 
 
-var stylize = colors.stylize = function stylize (str, style) {
+var stylize = colors.stylize = function stylize(str, style) {
   if (!colors.enabled) {
-    return str+'';
+    return str + '';
   }
 
   return ansiStyles[style].open + str + ansiStyles[style].close;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var escapeStringRegexp = function (str) {
   if (typeof str !== 'string') {
     throw new TypeError('Expected a string');
   }
-  return str.replace(matchOperatorsRe,  '\\$&');
+  return str.replace(matchOperatorsRe, '\\$&');
 }
 
 function build(_styles) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var styles = (function () {
   return ret;
 })();
 
-var proto = defineProps(function colors() {}, styles);
+var proto = defineProps(function colors() { }, styles);
 
 function applyStyle() {
   var args = arguments;
@@ -107,12 +107,23 @@ function applyStyle() {
   var nestedStyles = this._styles;
 
   var i = nestedStyles.length;
+ 
+  var rebuiltString = '';
+
   while (i--) {
     var code = ansiStyles[nestedStyles[i]];
-    str = code.open + str.replace(code.closeRe, code.open) + code.close;
+
+    // multiline handling functionality
+    var lines = str.split(/[\r\n]+/)
+    var rebuiltString = '';
+    lines.forEach(line => {
+      rebuiltString += (code.open + line.replace(code.closeRe, code.open) + code.close + '\n')
+    })
+    
   }
 
-  return str;
+  return rebuiltString;
+
 }
 
 colors.setTheme = function (theme) {
@@ -124,11 +135,11 @@ colors.setTheme = function (theme) {
     return;
   }
   for (var style in theme) {
-    (function(style){
-      colors[style] = function(str){
-        if (typeof theme[style] === 'object'){
+    (function (style) {
+      colors[style] = function (str) {
+        if (typeof theme[style] === 'object') {
           var out = str;
-          for (var i in theme[style]){
+          for (var i in theme[style]) {
             out = colors[theme[style][i]](out);
           }
           return out;
@@ -151,7 +162,7 @@ function init() {
   return ret;
 }
 
-var sequencer = function sequencer (map, str) {
+var sequencer = function sequencer(map, str) {
   var exploded = str.split(""), i = 0;
   exploded = exploded.map(map);
   return exploded.join("");
@@ -169,7 +180,7 @@ colors.maps.rainbow = require('./maps/rainbow');
 colors.maps.random = require('./maps/random')
 
 for (var map in colors.maps) {
-  (function(map){
+  (function (map) {
     colors[map] = function (str) {
       return sequencer(colors.maps[map], str);
     }