diff --git a/basis/io/styles/styles.factor b/basis/io/styles/styles.factor
index 4f0b3ce7e1..752f413458 100644
--- a/basis/io/styles/styles.factor
+++ b/basis/io/styles/styles.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2005, 2008 Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: hashtables io ;
+
+USING: hashtables io colors ;
+
 IN: io.styles
 
 SYMBOL: plain