diff --git a/chalk.js b/chalk.js
index d4887e1..bdb0ef5 100644
--- a/chalk.js
+++ b/chalk.js
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ var styles = (function () {
 	var ret = {};
 
 	Object.keys(ansi).forEach(function (key) {
-		var code = ansi[key];
 		ret[key] = {
-			enumerable: true,
 			get: function () {
-				this._styles.push(code);
+				this._styles.push(key);
 				return this;
 			}
 		};
@@ -25,19 +23,17 @@ function init() {
 	var ret = {};
 
 	Object.keys(styles).forEach(function (name) {
-		var code = styles[name];
-
 		ret[name] = {
-			enumerable: true,
 			get: function () {
 				var obj = defineProps(function self(str) {
 					if (!chalk.enabled) {
 						return str;
 					}
 
-					return self._styles.reduce(function (str, code) {
-						return code + (str || '');
-					}, str) + ansi['reset'];
+					return self._styles.reduce(function (str, name) {
+						var code = ansi[name];
+						return code[0] + (str || '') + code[1];
+					}, str);
 				}, styles);
 
 				obj._styles = [];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff0de7d..1e9e5c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "has-color": "~0.1.0",
-    "ansi-styles": "~0.1.0"
+    "ansi-styles": "~0.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "~1.12.0"
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 1941ad8..90158a7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > Terminal string styling done right.
 
-[colors.js](https://github.com/Marak/colors.js) is currently the most popular coloring module, but it has serious deficiencies like extending String.prototype which causes all kinds of problems. Although there are other ones, they either do too much or not enough.
+[colors.js](https://github.com/Marak/colors.js) is currently the most popular string styling module, but it has serious deficiencies like extending String.prototype which causes all kinds of problems. Although there are other ones, they either do too much or not enough.
 
 **Chalk is a clean and focused alternative.**
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 - **Doesn't extend String.prototype**
 - Expressive API
+- Clean and focused
 - Auto-detects color support
 - Actively maintained
 
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ console.log(chalk.blue('Hello') + 'World' + chalk.red('!'));
 
 // compose multiple styles using the chainable API
 console.log(chalk.blue.bgRed.bold('Hello world!'));
+
+// nest styles
+chalk.red('Hello' + chalk.underline.bgBlue('world') + '!');
 ```
 
 You can easily define your own themes.
@@ -73,8 +77,12 @@ Exposes the styles as [ANSI escape codes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/ansi-s
 
 ```js
 var chalk = require('chalk');
+
 console.log(chalk.styles.red);
-//=> \x1b[31m
+//=> ['\x1b[31m', '\x1b[39m']
+
+console.log(chalk.styles.red[0] + 'Hello' + chalk.styles.red[1]);
+// first item is the style escape code and second is the reset escape code
 ```
 
 ### chalk.stripColor(string)
@@ -90,7 +98,6 @@ Strip color from a string.
 - bold
 - italic
 - underline
-- blink
 - inverse
 - strikethrough
 
@@ -104,7 +111,6 @@ Strip color from a string.
 - magenta
 - cyan
 - white
-- default
 - gray
 
 ### Background colors
@@ -117,7 +123,6 @@ Strip color from a string.
 - bgMagenta
 - bgCyan
 - bgWhite
-- bgDefault
 
 
 ## License
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index ba37141..3d95dcb 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -5,14 +5,25 @@ var chalk = require('./chalk');
 
 describe('chalk', function () {
 	it('should style string', function () {
-		assert.equal(chalk.underline('foo'), '\x1b[4mfoo\x1b[0m');
-		assert.equal(chalk.red('foo'), '\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[0m');
-		assert.equal(chalk.bgRed('foo'), '\x1b[41mfoo\x1b[0m');
+		assert.equal(chalk.underline('foo'), '\x1b[4mfoo\x1b[24m');
+		assert.equal(chalk.red('foo'), '\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[39m');
+		assert.equal(chalk.bgRed('foo'), '\x1b[41mfoo\x1b[49m');
 	});
 
 	it('should support applying multiple styles at once', function () {
-		assert.equal(chalk.red.bgGreen.underline('foo'), '\x1b[4m\x1b[42m\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[0m');
-		assert.equal(chalk.underline.red.bgGreen('foo'), '\x1b[42m\x1b[31m\x1b[4mfoo\x1b[0m');
+		assert.equal(chalk.red.bgGreen.underline('foo'), '\x1b[4m\x1b[42m\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[39m\x1b[49m\x1b[24m');
+		assert.equal(chalk.underline.red.bgGreen('foo'), '\x1b[42m\x1b[31m\x1b[4mfoo\x1b[24m\x1b[39m\x1b[49m');
+	});
+
+	it('should support nesting styles', function () {
+		assert.equal(
+			chalk.red('foo' + chalk.underline.bgBlue('bar') + '!'),
+			'\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[44m\x1b[4mbar\x1b[24m\x1b[49m!\x1b[39m'
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should reset all styles with `.reset()`', function () {
+		assert.equal(chalk.reset(chalk.red.bgGreen.underline('foo') + 'foo'), '\x1b[0m\x1b[4m\x1b[42m\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[39m\x1b[49m\x1b[24mfoo\x1b[0m');
 	});
 });
 
@@ -26,7 +37,7 @@ describe('chalk.enabled', function () {
 
 describe('chalk.styles', function () {
 	it('should expose the styles as ANSI escape codes', function () {
-		assert.equal(chalk.styles.red, '\x1b[31m');
+		assert.equal(chalk.styles.red[0], '\x1b[31m');
 	});
 });