diff --git a/lib/colors.js b/lib/colors.js
index ac76b0e..0265410 100644
--- a/lib/colors.js
+++ b/lib/colors.js
@@ -217,10 +217,12 @@ exports.ccolors = (function() {
 })();
 
 var colorNames = exports.colorNames = {
+  // special
   default: -1,
   normal: -1,
   bg: -1,
   fg: -1,
+  // normal
   black: 0,
   red: 1,
   green: 2,
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ var colorNames = exports.colorNames = {
   magenta: 5,
   cyan: 6,
   white: 7,
+  // light
   lightblack: 8,
   lightred: 9,
   lightgreen: 10,
@@ -236,7 +239,19 @@ var colorNames = exports.colorNames = {
   lightblue: 12,
   lightmagenta: 13,
   lightcyan: 14,
-  lightwhite: 15
+  lightwhite: 15,
+  // bright
+  brightblack: 8,
+  brightred: 9,
+  brightgreen: 10,
+  brightyellow: 11,
+  brightblue: 12,
+  brightmagenta: 13,
+  brightcyan: 14,
+  brightwhite: 15,
+  // alternate spellings
+  grey: 8,
+  gray: 8
 };
 
 exports.convert = function(color) {
diff --git a/lib/program.js b/lib/program.js
index b23041e..83688d7 100644
--- a/lib/program.js
+++ b/lib/program.js
@@ -2427,68 +2427,88 @@ Program.prototype._attr = function(param, val) {
 
     // 16-color foreground
     case 'light black fg':
+    case 'bright black fg':
+    case 'grey fg':
+    case 'gray fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[90m';
     case 'light red fg':
+    case 'bright red fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[91m';
     case 'light green fg':
+    case 'bright green fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[92m';
     case 'light yellow fg':
+    case 'bright yellow fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[93m';
     case 'light blue fg':
+    case 'bright blue fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[94m';
     case 'light magenta fg':
+    case 'bright magenta fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[95m';
     case 'light cyan fg':
+    case 'bright cyan fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[96m';
     case 'light white fg':
+    case 'bright white fg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[39m'
         : '\x1b[97m';
 
     // 16-color background
     case 'light black bg':
+    case 'bright black bg':
+    case 'grey bg':
+    case 'gray bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[100m';
     case 'light red bg':
+    case 'bright red bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[101m';
     case 'light green bg':
+    case 'bright green bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[102m';
     case 'light yellow bg':
+    case 'bright yellow bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[103m';
     case 'light blue bg':
+    case 'bright blue bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[104m';
     case 'light magenta bg':
+    case 'bright magenta bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[105m';
     case 'light cyan bg':
+    case 'bright cyan bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[106m';
     case 'light white bg':
+    case 'bright white bg':
       return val === false
         ? '\x1b[49m'
         : '\x1b[107m';
diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 0f93981..20736f0 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -9158,6 +9158,7 @@ helpers.generateTags = function(style, text) {
     var val = style[key];
     if (typeof val === 'string') {
       val = val.replace(/^light(?!-)/, 'light-');
+      val = val.replace(/^bright(?!-)/, 'bright-');
       open = '{' + val + '-' + key + '}' + open;
       close += '{/' + val + '-' + key + '}';
     } else {