diff --git a/lib/cli/cli.php b/lib/cli/cli.php
index c20d47b..9ea4e21 100755
--- a/lib/cli/cli.php
+++ b/lib/cli/cli.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function safe_substr( $str, $start, $length = false ) {
  */
 function safe_str_pad( $string, $length ) {
 	// Hebrew vowel characters
-	$cleaned_string = preg_replace( '#[\x{591}-\x{5C7}]+#u', '', $string );
+	$cleaned_string = preg_replace( '#[\x{591}-\x{5C7}]+#u', '', Colors::decolorize( $string ) );
 	if ( function_exists( 'mb_strwidth' ) ) {
 		$real_length = mb_strwidth( $cleaned_string, mb_detect_encoding( $string ) );
 	} else {
@@ -211,5 +211,6 @@ function safe_str_pad( $string, $length ) {
 	}
 	$diff = strlen( $string ) - $real_length;
 	$length += $diff;
+
 	return str_pad( $string, $length );
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-cli.php b/tests/test-cli.php
index c9b0f25..5c94ef8 100644
--- a/tests/test-cli.php
+++ b/tests/test-cli.php
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ function test_encoded_string_pad() {
 		$this->assertEquals( 7, strlen( \cli\Colors::pad( 'óra', 6 ) ) ); // special characters take one byte
 		$this->assertEquals( 9, strlen( \cli\Colors::pad( '日本語', 6 ) ) ); // each character takes two bytes
 		$this->assertEquals( 17, strlen( \cli\Colors::pad( 'עִבְרִית', 6 ) ) ); // process Hebrew vowels
+	}
 
+	function test_colorized_string_pad() {
+		$this->assertEquals( 22, strlen( \cli\Colors::pad( \cli\Colors::colorize( "%Gx%n", true ), 11 ))); // colorized `x` string
+		$this->assertEquals( 23, strlen( \cli\Colors::pad( \cli\Colors::colorize( "%Góra%n", true ), 11 ))); // colorized `óra` string
 	}
 
 	function test_encoded_substr() {
diff --git a/tests/test-table-ascii.php b/tests/test-table-ascii.php
index e1fb588..c8d558c 100644
--- a/tests/test-table-ascii.php
+++ b/tests/test-table-ascii.php
@@ -57,6 +57,36 @@ public function testDrawOneColumnTable() {
 | x           |
 +-------------+
 
+OUT;
+		$this->assertInOutEquals(array($headers, $rows), $output);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Draw simple One column table with colored string
+	 * Output should look like:
+	 * +-------------+
+	 * | Test Header |
+	 * +-------------+
+	 * | x           |
+	 * +-------------+
+	 *
+	 * where `x` character has green color.
+	 * At the same time it checks that `green` defined in `cli\Colors` really looks as `green`.
+	 */
+	public function testDrawOneColumnColoredTable() {
+		$headers = array('Test Header');
+		$rows = array(
+			array(Colors::colorize('%Gx%n', true)),
+		);
+		// green `x`
+		$x = "\x1B\x5B\x33\x32\x3B\x31\x6Dx\x1B\x5B\x30\x6D";
+		$output = <<<OUT
++-------------+
+| Test Header |
++-------------+
+| $x           |
++-------------+
+
 OUT;
 		$this->assertInOutEquals(array($headers, $rows), $output);
 	}