diff --git a/colors.js b/colors.js
index e3f9009..1eb96f6 100644
--- a/colors.js
+++ b/colors.js
@@ -222,3 +222,7 @@ function zalgo(text, options) {
   };
   return heComes(text);
 }
+
+addProperty('stripColors', function() {
+  return ("" + this).replace(/\u001b\[\d+m/g,'');
+});
diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
index 184a741..6c8910c 100644
--- a/example.js
+++ b/example.js
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ var colors = require('./colors');
 
 //colors.mode = "browser";
 
+var test = colors.red("hopefully colorless output");
 sys.puts('Rainbows are fun!'.rainbow);
 sys.puts('So '.italic + 'are'.underline + ' styles! '.bold + 'inverse'.inverse); // styles not widely supported
 sys.puts('Chains are also cool.'.bold.italic.underline.red); // styles not widely supported
 //sys.puts('zalgo time!'.zalgo);
+sys.puts(test.stripColors);
 
 
 sys.puts(colors.rainbow('Rainbows are fun!'));
 sys.puts(colors.italic('So ') + colors.underline('are') + colors.bold(' styles! ') + colors.inverse('inverse')); // styles not widely supported
 sys.puts(colors.bold(colors.italic(colors.underline(colors.red('Chains are also cool.'))))); // styles not widely supported
 //sys.puts(colors.zalgo('zalgo time!'));
+sys.puts(colors.stripColors(test));