diff --git a/internal/logger/logger.go b/internal/logger/logger.go
index cde5f597..91e23110 100644
--- a/internal/logger/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -25,43 +25,62 @@ type (
 )
 
 func Default() PrintFunc {
-	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_RESET", color.Reset)).FprintfFunc()
+	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_RESET", color.Reset)...).FprintfFunc()
 }
 
 func Blue() PrintFunc {
-	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_BLUE", color.FgBlue)).FprintfFunc()
+	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_BLUE", color.FgBlue)...).FprintfFunc()
 }
 
 func Green() PrintFunc {
-	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_GREEN", color.FgGreen)).FprintfFunc()
+	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_GREEN", color.FgGreen)...).FprintfFunc()
 }
 
 func Cyan() PrintFunc {
-	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_CYAN", color.FgCyan)).FprintfFunc()
+	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_CYAN", color.FgCyan)...).FprintfFunc()
 }
 
 func Yellow() PrintFunc {
-	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_YELLOW", color.FgYellow)).FprintfFunc()
+	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_YELLOW", color.FgYellow)...).FprintfFunc()
 }
 
 func Magenta() PrintFunc {
-	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_MAGENTA", color.FgMagenta)).FprintfFunc()
+	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_MAGENTA", color.FgMagenta)...).FprintfFunc()
 }
 
 func Red() PrintFunc {
-	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_RED", color.FgRed)).FprintfFunc()
+	return color.New(envColor("TASK_COLOR_RED", color.FgRed)...).FprintfFunc()
 }
 
-func envColor(env string, defaultColor color.Attribute) color.Attribute {
+func envColor(env string, defaultColor color.Attribute) []color.Attribute {
 	if os.Getenv("FORCE_COLOR") != "" {
 		color.NoColor = false
 	}
 
-	override, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv(env))
-	if err == nil {
-		return color.Attribute(override)
+	// Fetch the environment variable
+	override := os.Getenv(env)
+
+	// First, try splitting the string by commas (RGB shortcut syntax) and if it
+	// matches, then prepend the 256-color foreground escape sequence.
+	// Otherwise, split by semicolons (ANSI color codes) and use them as is.
+	attributeStrs := strings.Split(override, ",")
+	if len(attributeStrs) == 3 {
+		attributeStrs = append([]string{"38", "2"}, attributeStrs...)
+	} else {
+		attributeStrs = strings.Split(override, ";")
 	}
-	return defaultColor
+
+	// Loop over the attributes and convert them to integers
+	attributes := make([]color.Attribute, len(attributeStrs))
+	for i, attributeStr := range attributeStrs {
+		attribute, err := strconv.Atoi(attributeStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return []color.Attribute{defaultColor}
+		}
+		attributes[i] = color.Attribute(attribute)
+	}
+
+	return attributes
 }
 
 // Logger is just a wrapper that prints stuff to STDOUT or STDERR,
diff --git a/website/docs/api_reference.mdx b/website/docs/api_reference.mdx
index 53b9f3ac..29812226 100644
--- a/website/docs/api_reference.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/api_reference.mdx
@@ -154,6 +154,17 @@ Some environment variables can be overridden to adjust Task behavior.
 | `TASK_COLOR_RED`     | `31`    | Color used for red.                                                                                               |
 | `FORCE_COLOR`        |         | Force color output usage.                                                                                         |
 
+All color variables are [ANSI color codes][ansi]. You can specify multiple codes
+separated by a semicolon. For example: `31;1` will make the text bold and red.
+Task also supports 8-bit color (256 colors). You can specify these colors by
+using the sequence `38;2;R:G:B` for foreground colors and `48;2;R:G:B` for
+background colors where `R`, `G` and `B` should be replaced with values between
+0 and 255.
+
+For convenience, we allow foreground colors to be specified using shorthand,
+comma-separated syntax: `R,G,B`. For example, `255,0,0` is equivalent to
+`38;2;255:0:0`.
+
 ## Taskfile Schema
 
 | Attribute  | Type                               | Default       | Description                                                                                                                                                            |
@@ -373,3 +384,7 @@ tasks:
 | Attribute | Type       | Default | Description                                                                                        |
 | --------- | ---------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `vars`    | `[]string` |         | List of variable or environment variable names that must be set if this task is to execute and run |
+
+{/* prettier-ignore-start */}
+[ansi]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
+{/* prettier-ignore-end */}