diff --git a/image/colors/colors.go b/image/colors/colors.go
index 4fd010df..2e0bef32 100644
--- a/image/colors/colors.go
+++ b/image/colors/colors.go
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ var (
 	Blue   = color.RGBA{R: 0, G: 0, B: 255, A: 255}
 	Orange = color.RGBA{R: 255, G: 165, B: 0, A: 255}
 
+	ANSIBlackHex   = "000000"
+	ANSIRedHex     = "800000"
+	ANSIGreenHEx   = "008000"
+	ANSIYellowHex  = "808000"
+	ANSIBlueHex    = "000080"
+	ANSIMagentaHex = "800080"
+	ANSICyanHex    = "008080"
+	ANSIWhiteHex   = "c0c0c0"
+
 	// colors from: https://github.com/badges/shields/blob/18e17233c49cf94f9a32115c3fcdc439cb495086/badge-maker/lib/color.js#L7
 	ShieldBlueHex        = "007ec6"
 	ShieldBrightGreenHex = "44cc11"
diff --git a/image/colors/convert.go b/image/colors/convert.go
index 53435945..9246aaf6 100644
--- a/image/colors/convert.go
+++ b/image/colors/convert.go
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ func ParseHex(hexRGB string) (color.RGBA, error) {
 		A: 0xff}, nil
 }
 
+func MustParseHex(hexRGB string) color.RGBA {
+	if c, err := ParseHex(hexRGB); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	} else {
+		return c
+	}
+}
+
 func ParseGoogle(googString string) (color.RGBA, error) {
 	m := rxGoogleCol.FindStringSubmatch(googString)
 	if len(m) == 0 {