diff --git a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
index 437f83c2a81e..00fc8af6f5a0 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
@@ -3440,6 +3440,8 @@ print_header(list_cbdata_t *cb)
 	boolean_t first = B_TRUE;
 	boolean_t right_justify;
 
+	color_start(ANSI_BOLD);
+
 	for (; pl != NULL; pl = pl->pl_next) {
 		if (!first) {
 			(void) printf("  ");
@@ -3466,9 +3468,31 @@ print_header(list_cbdata_t *cb)
 			(void) printf("%-*s", (int)pl->pl_width, header);
 	}
 
+	color_end();
+
 	(void) printf("\n");
 }
 
+/*
+ * Decides on the color that the avail value should be printed in.
+ * > 80% used = yellow
+ * > 90% used = red
+ */
+static const char *
+zfs_list_avail_color(zfs_handle_t *zhp)
+{
+	uint64_t used = zfs_prop_get_int(zhp, ZFS_PROP_USED);
+	uint64_t avail = zfs_prop_get_int(zhp, ZFS_PROP_AVAILABLE);
+	int percentage = (int)((double)avail / MAX(avail + used, 1) * 100);
+
+	if (percentage > 20)
+		return (NULL);
+	else if (percentage > 10)
+		return (ANSI_YELLOW);
+	else
+		return (ANSI_RED);
+}
+
 /*
  * Given a dataset and a list of fields, print out all the properties according
  * to the described layout.
@@ -3531,6 +3555,9 @@ print_dataset(zfs_handle_t *zhp, list_cbdata_t *cb)
 			right_justify = B_FALSE;
 		}
 
+		if (pl->pl_prop == ZFS_PROP_AVAILABLE)
+			color_start(zfs_list_avail_color(zhp));
+
 		/*
 		 * If this is being called in scripted mode, or if this is the
 		 * last column and it is left-justified, don't include a width
@@ -3542,6 +3569,9 @@ print_dataset(zfs_handle_t *zhp, list_cbdata_t *cb)
 			(void) printf("%*s", (int)pl->pl_width, propstr);
 		else
 			(void) printf("%-*s", (int)pl->pl_width, propstr);
+
+		if (pl->pl_prop == ZFS_PROP_AVAILABLE)
+			color_end();
 	}
 
 	(void) putchar('\n');
diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index d2614411df3f..ad377228298c 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -4220,6 +4220,8 @@ print_iostat_header_impl(iostat_cbdata_t *cb, unsigned int force_column_width,
 	unsigned int namewidth;
 	const char *title;
 
+	color_start(ANSI_BOLD);
+
 	if (cb->cb_flags & IOS_ANYHISTO_M) {
 		title = histo_to_title[IOS_HISTO_IDX(cb->cb_flags)];
 	} else if (cb->cb_vdevs.cb_names_count) {
@@ -4253,6 +4255,8 @@ print_iostat_header_impl(iostat_cbdata_t *cb, unsigned int force_column_width,
 	if (cb->vcdl != NULL)
 		print_cmd_columns(cb->vcdl, 1);
 
+	color_end();
+
 	printf("\n");
 }
 
@@ -4262,6 +4266,35 @@ print_iostat_header(iostat_cbdata_t *cb)
 	print_iostat_header_impl(cb, 0, NULL);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Prints a size string (i.e. 120M) with the suffix ("M") colored
+ * by order of magnitude. Uses column_size to add padding.
+ */
+static void
+print_stat_color(char *statbuf, unsigned int column_size)
+{
+	fputs("  ", stdout);
+	if (*statbuf == '0') {
+		color_start(ANSI_GRAY);
+		fputc('0', stdout);
+		column_size--;
+	} else {
+		for (; *statbuf; statbuf++) {
+			if (*statbuf == 'K') color_start(ANSI_GREEN);
+			else if (*statbuf == 'M') color_start(ANSI_YELLOW);
+			else if (*statbuf == 'G') color_start(ANSI_RED);
+			else if (*statbuf == 'T') color_start(ANSI_BOLD_BLUE);
+			else if (*statbuf == 'P') color_start(ANSI_MAGENTA);
+			else if (*statbuf == 'E') color_start(ANSI_CYAN);
+			fputc(*statbuf, stdout);
+			if (--column_size <= 0)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	color_end();
+	for (; column_size > 0; column_size--)
+		fputc(' ', stdout);
+}
 
 /*
  * Display a single statistic.
@@ -4277,7 +4310,7 @@ print_one_stat(uint64_t value, enum zfs_nicenum_format format,
 	if (scripted)
 		printf("\t%s", buf);
 	else
-		printf("  %*s", column_size, buf);
+		print_stat_color(buf, column_size);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/libzutil.h b/include/libzutil.h
index 948ac08cd772..465e463f0c1f 100644
--- a/include/libzutil.h
+++ b/include/libzutil.h
@@ -169,10 +169,16 @@ struct zfs_cmd;
 /*
  * List of colors to use
  */
+#define	ANSI_BLACK	"\033[0;30m"
 #define	ANSI_RED	"\033[0;31m"
 #define	ANSI_GREEN	"\033[0;32m"
 #define	ANSI_YELLOW	"\033[0;33m"
 #define	ANSI_BLUE	"\033[0;34m"
+#define	ANSI_BOLD_BLUE	"\033[1;34m" /* light blue */
+#define	ANSI_MAGENTA	"\033[0;35m"
+#define	ANSI_CYAN	"\033[0;36m"
+#define	ANSI_GRAY	"\033[0;37m"
+
 #define	ANSI_RESET	"\033[0m"
 #define	ANSI_BOLD	"\033[1m"
 
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_diff.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_diff.c
index 1330e7c3052a..da2b26ef99ce 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_diff.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_diff.c
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
 #define	ZDIFF_REMOVED	'-'
 #define	ZDIFF_RENAMED	"R"
 
-#define	ZDIFF_ADDED_COLOR ANSI_GREEN
+#define	ZDIFF_ADDED_COLOR    ANSI_GREEN
 #define	ZDIFF_MODIFIED_COLOR ANSI_YELLOW
-#define	ZDIFF_REMOVED_COLOR ANSI_RED
-#define	ZDIFF_RENAMED_COLOR ANSI_BLUE
+#define	ZDIFF_REMOVED_COLOR  ANSI_RED
+#define	ZDIFF_RENAMED_COLOR  ANSI_BOLD_BLUE
 
 /*
  * Given a {dsname, object id}, get the object path
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
index 2507bfecdc9b..ad5343a080c3 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
@@ -2011,10 +2011,11 @@ use_color(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * color_start() and color_end() are used for when you want to colorize a block
- * of text.  For example:
+ * The functions color_start() and color_end() are used for when you want
+ * to colorize a block of text.
  *
- * color_start(ANSI_RED_FG)
+ * For example:
+ * color_start(ANSI_RED)
  * printf("hello");
  * printf("world");
  * color_end();
@@ -2022,7 +2023,7 @@ use_color(void)
 void
 color_start(const char *color)
 {
-	if (use_color()) {
+	if (color && use_color()) {
 		fputs(color, stdout);
 		fflush(stdout);
 	}
@@ -2038,7 +2039,9 @@ color_end(void)
 
 }
 
-/* printf() with a color.  If color is NULL, then do a normal printf. */
+/*
+ * printf() with a color. If color is NULL, then do a normal printf.
+ */
 int
 printf_color(const char *color, const char *format, ...)
 {
diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8
index d12377f9b4f2..dd578cb74aac 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs.8
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ command will be undone if the share is ever unshared (like via a reboot).
 .It Sy ZFS_COLOR
 Use ANSI color in
 .Nm zfs Cm diff
+and
+.Nm zfs Cm list
 output.
 .It Sy ZFS_MOUNT_HELPER
 Cause
diff --git a/man/man8/zpool.8 b/man/man8/zpool.8
index 48e4eb3c557b..e8eadffa6fcf 100644
--- a/man/man8/zpool.8
+++ b/man/man8/zpool.8
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ to dump core on exit for the purposes of running
 .It Sy ZFS_COLOR
 Use ANSI color in
 .Nm zpool Cm status
+and
+.Nm zpool Cm iostat
 output.
 .It Sy ZPOOL_IMPORT_PATH
 The search path for devices or files to use with the pool.