diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5d258aa..8896c96 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Will Thames
 - Greg Haskins
 - Miguel Araujo <maraujop>
-- takluyver
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+- takluyver
+- kracekumar 
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 018f9b7..46b9651 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ All functionality should be available in pure Python. Optional C (via Cython)
 implementations may be written for performance reasons, but should never
 replace the Python implementation.
 
-Lastly, don't take yourself too seriously :)
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+Lastly, don't take yourself too seriously :)
diff --git a/clint/textui/colored.py b/clint/textui/colored.py
index 63d7593..f93f50f 100644
--- a/clint/textui/colored.py
+++ b/clint/textui/colored.py
@@ -25,7 +25,16 @@ __all__ = (
 )
 
 COLORS = __all__[:-2]
-DISABLE_COLOR = False
+
+if 'get_ipython' in dir():
+"""
+    when ipython is fired lot of variables like _oh, etc are used.
+    There are so many ways to find current python interpreter is ipython.
+    get_ipython is easiest is most appealing for readers to understand.
+"""
+    DISABLE_COLOR = True
+else:
+    DISABLE_COLOR = False
 
 if not sys.stdout.isatty():
     DISABLE_COLOR = True