diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index bce1ea56..1aa4eaf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org/>`_.
 `1.0.0-dev`_ (unreleased)
 -------------------------
 
+* Added ``--style=auto`` which follows the terminal ANSI color styles.
 * Added ``true``/``false`` as valid values for ``--verify``
   (in addition to ``yes``/``no``) and the boolean value is case-insensitive.
+* Changed the default ``--style`` from ``solarized`` to ``auto`` (except for Windows).
 * Fixed default headers being incorrectly case-sensitive.
 * Removed Python 2.6 support.
 
diff --git a/httpie/cli.py b/httpie/cli.py
index 98347dbb..2a7c2278 100644
--- a/httpie/cli.py
+++ b/httpie/cli.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ from httpie.input import (
     PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY, SessionNameValidator,
     readable_file_arg, SSL_VERSION_ARG_MAPPING
 )
-from httpie.output.formatters.colors import AVAILABLE_STYLES, DEFAULT_STYLE, PRESET_STYLE
+from httpie.output.formatters.colors import (
+    AVAILABLE_STYLES, DEFAULT_STYLE, AUTO_STYLE
+)
 from httpie.plugins import plugin_manager
 from httpie.plugins.builtin import BuiltinAuthPlugin
 from httpie.sessions import DEFAULT_SESSIONS_DIR
@@ -210,18 +212,21 @@ output_processing.add_argument(
     help="""
     Output coloring style (default is "{default}"). One of:
 
-{available}
+{available_styles}
 
-    For this option to work properly, please make sure that the $TERM
-    environment variable is set to "xterm-256color" or similar
+    The "{auto_style}" style follows your terminal’s ANSI color styles.
+
+    For non-{auto_style} styles to work properly, please make sure that the 
+    $TERM environment variable is set to "xterm-256color" or similar
     (e.g., via `export TERM=xterm-256color' in your ~/.bashrc).
 
     """.format(
         default=DEFAULT_STYLE,
-        available='\n'.join(
+        available_styles='\n'.join(
             '{0}{1}'.format(8 * ' ', line.strip())
             for line in wrap(', '.join(sorted(AVAILABLE_STYLES)), 60)
         ).rstrip(),
+        auto_style=AUTO_STYLE,
     )
 )
 
diff --git a/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py b/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py
index 30970c5d..4ea423fd 100644
--- a/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py
+++ b/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py
@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@ from httpie.compat import is_windows
 from httpie.plugins import FormatterPlugin
 
 
-AVAILABLE_STYLES = set(pygments.styles.get_all_styles())
-AVAILABLE_STYLES.add('solarized')
-
-# This is the native style provided by the terminal emulator color scheme
-PRESET_STYLE = 'preset'
-AVAILABLE_STYLES.add(PRESET_STYLE)
-
+AUTO_STYLE = 'auto'  # Follows terminal ANSI color styles
+DEFAULT_STYLE = AUTO_STYLE
+SOLARIZED_STYLE = 'solarized'  # Bundled here
 if is_windows:
     # Colors on Windows via colorama don't look that
-    # great and fruity seems to give the best result there
+    # great and fruity seems to give the best result there.
     DEFAULT_STYLE = 'fruity'
-else:
-    DEFAULT_STYLE = 'solarized'
+
+
+AVAILABLE_STYLES = set(pygments.styles.get_all_styles())
+AVAILABLE_STYLES.add(SOLARIZED_STYLE)
+AVAILABLE_STYLES.add(AUTO_STYLE)
 
 
 class ColorFormatter(FormatterPlugin):
@@ -44,45 +43,56 @@ class ColorFormatter(FormatterPlugin):
     def __init__(self, env, explicit_json=False,
                  color_scheme=DEFAULT_STYLE, **kwargs):
         super(ColorFormatter, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
         if not env.colors:
             self.enabled = False
             return
 
-        # --json, -j
-        self.explicit_json = explicit_json
-
-        try:
-            style_class = pygments.styles.get_style_by_name(color_scheme)
-        except ClassNotFound:
-            style_class = Solarized256Style
-
-        if color_scheme != PRESET_STYLE and env.colors == 256:
-            fmt_class = Terminal256Formatter
+        use_auto_style = color_scheme == AUTO_STYLE
+        has_256_colors = env.colors == 256
+        if use_auto_style or not has_256_colors:
+            formatter = TerminalFormatter()
+            http_lexer = PygmentsHttpLexer()
         else:
-            fmt_class = TerminalFormatter
-        self.formatter = fmt_class(style=style_class)
+            http_lexer = SimplifiedHTTPLexer()
+            formatter = Terminal256Formatter(
+                style=self.get_style_class(color_scheme)
+            )
 
-        if color_scheme == PRESET_STYLE:
-            self.http_lexer = PygmentsHttpLexer()
-        else:
-            self.http_lexer = HTTPLexer()
+        self.explicit_json = explicit_json  # --json
+        self.formatter = formatter
+        self.http_lexer = http_lexer
 
     def format_headers(self, headers):
-        return pygments.highlight(headers, self.http_lexer, self.formatter).strip()
+        return pygments.highlight(
+            code=headers,
+            lexer=self.http_lexer,
+            formatter=self.formatter,
+        ).strip()
 
     def format_body(self, body, mime):
-        lexer = self.get_lexer(mime, body)
+        lexer = self.get_lexer_for_body(mime, body)
         if lexer:
-            body = pygments.highlight(body, lexer, self.formatter)
+            body = pygments.highlight(
+                code=body,
+                lexer=lexer,
+                formatter=self.formatter,
+            )
         return body.strip()
 
-    def get_lexer(self, mime, body):
+    def get_lexer_for_body(self, mime, body):
         return get_lexer(
             mime=mime,
             explicit_json=self.explicit_json,
             body=body,
         )
 
+    def get_style_class(self, color_scheme):
+        try:
+            return pygments.styles.get_style_by_name(color_scheme)
+        except ClassNotFound:
+            return Solarized256Style
+
 
 def get_lexer(mime, explicit_json=False, body=''):
 
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@ def get_lexer(mime, explicit_json=False, body=''):
     return lexer
 
 
-class HTTPLexer(pygments.lexer.RegexLexer):
+class SimplifiedHTTPLexer(pygments.lexer.RegexLexer):
     """Simplified HTTP lexer for Pygments.
 
     It only operates on headers and provides a stronger contrast between