diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 5250036..57e4108 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ au FileType python set noexpandtab
 au FileType javascript setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2
 au BufRead,BufNewFile *.json set ft=json
 
+
 "" STATUS LINE
 
 set laststatus=2 " always hide the statusline
@@ -266,6 +267,13 @@ set statusline+=%l/%L " cursor line/total lines
 set statusline+=\ %P\  " percent through file
 set laststatus=2  " always show status line
 
+"" COLORING ELEMENTS
+highlight statusLine    cterm=bold ctermfg=yellow ctermbg=darkred
+highlight statusLineNC 	cterm=bold ctermfg=black  ctermbg=white
+
+highlight modeMsg       cterm=bold ctermfg=white  ctermbg=darkblue
+
+"" MISC FUNCTIONS
 function! FileSize()
     let bytes = getfsize(expand("%:p"))
     if bytes <= 0