diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index f253c4b1..865cf91e 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 (function() {
-  var ACCESSOR, CoffeeScript, SIMPLEVAR, Script, autocomplete, backlog, completeAttribute, completeVariable, error, getCompletions, getPropertyNames, readline, repl, run, stdin, stdout;
+  var ACCESSOR, CoffeeScript, SIMPLEVAR, Script, autocomplete, backlog, completeAttribute, completeVariable, enableColours, error, getCompletions, getPropertyNames, inspect, readline, repl, run, stdin, stdout;
   var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
   CoffeeScript = require('./coffee-script');
   readline = require('readline');
+  inspect = require('util').inspect;
   Script = require('vm').Script;
+  enableColours = false;
+  if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+    enableColours = !process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS;
+  }
   stdin = process.openStdin();
   stdout = process.stdout;
   error = function(err) {
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@
         filename: 'repl'
       });
       if (val !== void 0) {
-        process.stdout.write(val + '\n');
+        process.stdout.write(inspect(val, false, 2, enableColours) + '\n');
       }
     } catch (err) {
       error(err);
diff --git a/src/repl.coffee b/src/repl.coffee
index d2bcc49e..59b2f4ce 100644
--- a/src/repl.coffee
+++ b/src/repl.coffee
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@
 # Require the **coffee-script** module to get access to the compiler.
 CoffeeScript = require './coffee-script'
 readline     = require 'readline'
+{inspect}    = require 'util'
 {Script}     = require 'vm'
 
 # REPL Setup
 
+# Config
+enableColours = no
+unless process.platform is 'win32'
+  enableColours = not process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS
+
 # Start by opening up `stdin` and `stdout`.
 stdin = process.openStdin()
 stdout = process.stdout
@@ -32,7 +38,8 @@ run = (buffer) ->
   backlog = ''
   try
     val = CoffeeScript.eval code, bare: on, globals: on, filename: 'repl'
-    process.stdout.write val + '\n' if val isnt undefined
+    unless val is undefined
+      process.stdout.write inspect(val, no, 2, enableColours) + '\n'
   catch err
     error err
   repl.prompt()