diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorful/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorful/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9378e329a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorful/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "colorful";
+  version = "0.5.4";
+
+  # No tests in the Pypi package.
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "timofurrer";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1fcz5v8b318a3dsdha4c874jsf3wmcw3f25bv2csixclyzacli98";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Terminal string styling done right, in Python.";
+    homepage = "http://github.com/timofurrer/colorful";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 83672a227ed..24240d3a904 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2084,6 +2084,8 @@ in {
 
   colorclass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorclass {};
 
+  colorful = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorful {};
+
   colorlog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorlog { };
 
   colorspacious = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorspacious { };