diff --git a/sequencer/sequencer.sh b/sequencer/sequencer.sh
index e4e7bbd..4d516a7 100755
--- a/sequencer/sequencer.sh
+++ b/sequencer/sequencer.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ## Version information
 
 VERSION_REV=12
-VERSION_MAJOR=0
+VERSION_MAJOR=1
 VERSION_MINOR=0
 
 ## Start of generic script part
@@ -32,6 +32,25 @@ TEMPLATE_NAME=seqTemplateExample.sh
 MISSING_CONF=missingConf.log
 VERSION_STRING="${VERSION_REV}.${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}"
 
+BBLACK= ; [ -t 1 ] && BBLACK='\033[40m'
+BLACK= ; [ -t 1 ] && BLACK='\033[0;30m' 
+DARKGRAY= ; [ -t 1 ] && DARKGRAY='\033[1;30m'
+RED= ; [ -t 1 ] && RED='\033[0;31m'
+LIGHTRED= ; [ -t 1 ] && LIGHTRED='\033[1;31m'
+GREEN= ; [ -t 1 ] && GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+LIGHTGREEN= ; [ -t 1 ] && LIGHTGREEN='\033[1;32m'
+ORANGE= ; [ -t 1 ] && ORANGE='\033[0;33m'
+YELLOW= ; [ -t 1 ] && YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE= ; [ -t 1 ] && BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+LIGHTBLUE= ; [ -t 1 ] && LIGHTBLUE='\033[1;34m'
+PURPLE= ; [ -t 1 ] && PURPLE='\033[0;35m'
+LIGHTPURPLE= ; [ -t 1 ] && LIGHTPURPLE='\033[1;35m'
+CYAN= ; [ -t 1 ] && CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+LIGHTCYAN= ; [ -t 1 ] && LIGHTCYAN='\033[1;36m'
+LIGHTGRAY= ; [ -t 1 ] && LIGHTGRAY='\033[0;37m'
+WHITE= ; [ -t 1 ] && WHITE='\033[1;37m'
+NC= ;[ -t 1 ] && NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
 helpSequencer() {
   cat <<USAGE_EOF 
 Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTIONS] [STEP NUMBER(s) or ALIAS] [STEP ARGUMENTS]
@@ -103,19 +122,24 @@ sequencer.sh global variables:
     Profile string selected with -p argument
 
 sequencer.sh build-in functions:
-
- exe [COMMANDLINE]
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} exe [COMMANDLINE]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     Execute command line without pipes or redirects (>,<,|).
     Supporting: dry-run (-d): only print command without execution
                 verbose (-v): print command before execution
 
- exep "[COMMANDLINE]"
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} exep \"[COMMANDLINE]\"${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     See exe, but support for pipes or redirects.
     Important:
       - Shell commands cd, read, ... won't work because COMMANDLINE is started in a new shell.
       - All apostrophes need to be esacped since the command line is given as string.
 
- initSeqConfig [OPTION] <NAME> [TEMPLATE]
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} initSeqConfig [OPTION] <NAME> [TEMPLATE]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     Create a configuration file in $SEQ_CONFIG_HOME/ and source it if already existent.
       [OPTION]
         -p  : Use profiles
@@ -128,7 +152,9 @@ sequencer.sh build-in functions:
          2       : created empty configuration
          3       : No configuration created
 
- addConf <OPTIONS> [SOURCE TYPE] <SOURCE> <DESTINATION FILE>
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} addConf <OPTIONS> [SOURCE TYPE] <SOURCE> <DESTINATION FILE>${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     Trying to write or append text or a file (<SOURCE>) to a destination file.
     If the CONFIGFILE exists, a backup (name_%Y%m%d-%H%M%S.bck) is saved at the same location.
     If -s fails or -m, "$(realpath "$MISSING_CONF")" is created with the conflicts
@@ -145,30 +171,58 @@ sequencer.sh build-in functions:
       <DESTINATION FILE>
         Target file to be created or modified.
 
- step <STEP NUMBER OR ALIAS>
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} step <STEP NUMBER OR ALIAS>${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     Executes a single step also by alias. Useful if step numbers get reorganized.
     dry-run is not applied in this function! The executed step is responsible.
 
- echoerr [...]
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} outColor [FOREGROUND COLOR] [BACKGROUND COLOR]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
+    Set output color permanently until reset.
+    No argument or unknown foreground color restores shell default (reset).
+    Color reset happens after every step and step_info function call.
+      [COLOR]: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white
+
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} echoerr [...]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     echo to stderr
       [...] : all parameter are forwarded to echo
 
- echoinfo [...]
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} echoseq [...]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
+    echo to stdout if sequencer output is not suppressed
+      [...] : all parameter are forwarded to echo
+
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} echoinfo [...]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     echo additional correctly indented line to step info
       [...] : all parrameter are forwared to echo
 
- endCheckEmpty <VARIABLENAME> [DESCRIPTION]
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} endCheckEmpty <VARIABLENAME> [DESCRIPTION]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     exit 666 if variable is empty
       <VARIABLENAME> : Name used within eval
       [DESCRIPTION]  : Additional text for error output
 
- saveReturn [ERRORCODE]
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} saveReturn [ERRORCODE]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     Save ERRORCODE if it is != 0 for later use with endReturn
 
- getReturn
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} getReturn${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     Return last saved error code
 
- endReturn [OPTIONS] [MESSAGE]
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} endReturn [OPTIONS] [MESSAGE]${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
     Notifys user that there was an error (previously saved by saveReturn,
     or -o [ERRORCODE]) and asks to continue or end the sequence.
     Always exits with evaluated error code.
@@ -181,9 +235,57 @@ sequencer.sh build-in functions:
 USAGE_API
 }
 
+# Echo only if not -qq ($QUIET -ne 2)
+echoseq() { [ $QUIET -ne 2 ] && echo "$@"; }
+
 # Echo to stderr
 echoerr() { >&2 echo "$@"; }
 
+# outColor <FOREGROUND COLOR> [BACKGROUND COLOR]
+outColor() {
+  [ ! -t 1 ] && return 0
+  case "$1" in
+    black)
+      tput setaf 0;;
+    red)
+      tput setaf 1;;
+    green)
+      tput setaf 2;;
+    yellow)
+      tput setaf 3;;
+    blue)
+      tput setaf 4;;
+    magenta)
+      tput setaf 5;;
+    cyan)
+      tput setaf 6;;
+    white)
+      tput setaf 7;;
+    *)
+      tput sgr0
+      return;;
+  esac
+  
+  case "$2" in
+    black)
+      tput setab 0;;
+    red)
+      tput setab 1;;
+    green)
+      tput setab 2;;
+    yellow)
+      tput setab 3;;
+    blue)
+      tput setab 4;;
+    magenta)
+      tput setab 5;;
+    cyan)
+      tput setab 6;;
+    white)
+      tput setab 7;;
+  esac
+}
+
 # Echo additional line to info correctly indented
 INDENT_HELP='              : '
 INDENTAPPEND_HELP='                '
@@ -355,7 +457,7 @@ initSeqConfig() {
   SEQ_CONFIG_HOME="$configDir"
 
   if [ -s "$configLoc" ] ; then
-    if [ $QUIET -ne 2 ] ; then echo " [I] Using configuration file: $configLoc" ; fi
+    [ $QUIET -ne 2 ] && echo " [I] Using configuration file: $configLoc"
     SEQ_CONFIG_FILE="$configLoc"
     . "$configLoc"
     return 0
@@ -546,6 +648,7 @@ execute() {
     existsFunction step_${1}_info
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
       step_${1}_info $1 "${STEP_ARGS[@]}"
+      outColor
     else
       # Add newline if no info is given
       echo
@@ -579,6 +682,7 @@ execute() {
     step_$1 $1 "${STEP_ARGS[@]}"
     STEP_RETURN=$?
   fi
+  outColor
 }
 
 # checkStep <Step Number or Alias>
@@ -629,6 +733,7 @@ step() {
   else
     step_$stepNo "${stepArgs[@]}"
   fi
+  outColor
 }
 
 # continous <Starting Step Number>
@@ -714,6 +819,9 @@ step_config() {
   #initSeqConfig -p "\$SCRIPT_NAME" "\$CONFIG_FILE_TEMPLATE"
   #if [ \$? -eq 0 ] ; then
   #  CONFIG=1
+  #else
+  #  # End if no configuration file exists
+  #  [ \$DRY -eq 0 ] && exit 1
   #fi
 }
 
@@ -828,7 +936,7 @@ displayHelp() {
       existsFunction step_${i}_alias
       if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         step_${i}_alias 
-        echo " = $ALIAS" 
+        echo -e " = ${ORANGE}$ALIAS${NC}" 
         printf '%s' "$INDENT_HELP"
       else
         echo -n " : "
@@ -841,6 +949,7 @@ displayHelp() {
       else
         echo " - step_${i}_info() missing"
       fi
+      outColor
     done
     echo
   fi