diff --git a/MasterPassword/C/types.c b/MasterPassword/C/types.c
index b3d621f2..ca1399d2 100644
--- a/MasterPassword/C/types.c
+++ b/MasterPassword/C/types.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <alg/sha256.h>
 
@@ -209,35 +210,46 @@ static int putvar(int c) {
 }
 
 const char *Identicon(const char *userName, const char *masterPassword) {
-    const char *left[]      = { "╔", "╚", "╰", "═" };
-    const char *right[]     = { "╗", "╝", "╯", "═" };
+    const char *leftArm[]   = { "╔", "╚", "╰", "═" };
+    const char *rightArm[]  = { "╗", "╝", "╯", "═" };
     const char *body[]      = { "█", "░", "▒", "▓", "☺", "☻" };
     const char *accessory[] = { "◈", "◎", "◐", "◑", "◒", "◓", "☀", "☁", "☂", "☃", "☄", "★", "☆", "☎", "☏", "⎈", "⌂", "☘", "☢", "☣", "☕", "⌚", "⌛", "⏰", "⚡", "⛄", "⛅", "☔", "♔", "♕", "♖", "♗", "♘", "♙", "♚", "♛", "♜", "♝", "♞", "♟", "♨", "♩", "♪", "♫", "⚐", "⚑", "⚔", "⚖", "⚙", "⚠", "⌘", "⏎", "✄", "✆", "✈", "✉", "✌" };
 
     uint8_t identiconSeed[32];
     HMAC_SHA256_Buf(masterPassword, strlen(masterPassword), userName, strlen(userName), identiconSeed);
 
+    bool useColor = 0;
 #ifdef COLOR
-    setupterm(NULL, 2, NULL);
-    initputvar();
-    tputs(tparm(tgetstr("AF", NULL), identiconSeed[4] % 7 + 1), 1, putvar);
-    char red[strlen(putvarc)];
-    strcpy(red, putvarc);
-    tputs(tgetstr("me", NULL), 1, putvar);
-    char reset[strlen(putvarc)];
-    strcpy(reset, putvarc);
-#else
-    const char *red = "", *reset = "";
+    if (isatty(STDERR_FILENO))
+        useColor = 1;
 #endif
 
+    uint8_t colorIdentifier = identiconSeed[4] % 7 + 1;
+    char *colorString, *resetString;
+    if (useColor) {
+        setupterm(NULL, STDERR_FILENO, NULL);
+        initputvar();
+        tputs(tparm(tgetstr("AF", NULL), colorIdentifier), 1, putvar);
+        colorString = calloc(strlen(putvarc), sizeof(char));
+        strcpy(colorString, putvarc);
+        tputs(tgetstr("me", NULL), 1, putvar);
+        resetString = calloc(strlen(putvarc), sizeof(char));
+        strcpy(resetString, putvarc);
+    } else {
+        colorString = calloc(1, sizeof(char));
+        resetString = calloc(1, sizeof(char));
+    }
+
     char *identicon = (char *)calloc(20, sizeof(char));
     sprintf(identicon, "%s%s%s%s%s%s",
-            red,
-            left[identiconSeed[0] % (sizeof(left) / sizeof(left[0]))],
+            colorString,
+            leftArm[identiconSeed[0] % (sizeof(leftArm) / sizeof(leftArm[0]))],
             body[identiconSeed[1] % (sizeof(body) / sizeof(body[0]))],
-            right[identiconSeed[2] % (sizeof(right) / sizeof(right[0]))],
+            rightArm[identiconSeed[2] % (sizeof(rightArm) / sizeof(rightArm[0]))],
             accessory[identiconSeed[3] % (sizeof(accessory) / sizeof(accessory[0]))],
-            reset);
+            resetString);
 
+    free(colorString);
+    free(resetString);
     return identicon;
 }