diff --git a/clint/textui/colored.py b/clint/textui/colored.py
index 0906dde..2c18b75 100644
--- a/clint/textui/colored.py
+++ b/clint/textui/colored.py
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ class ColoredString(object):
         self.s = s
         self.color = color
 
+    def __getattr__(self, att): 
+             def func_help(*args, **kwargs):
+                 result = getattr(self.s, att)(*args, **kwargs)
+                 if isinstance(result, basestring):
+                     return self._new(result)
+                 elif isinstance(result, list):
+                     return [self._new(x) for x in result]
+                 else:
+                     return result
+             return func_help
+       
     @property
     def color_str(self):
         if sys.stdout.isatty() and not DISABLE_COLOR:
@@ -84,9 +95,6 @@ class ColoredString(object):
     def __mul__(self, other):
         return (self.color_str * other)
 
-    def split(self, sep=None):
-        return [self._new(s) for s in self.s.split(sep)]
-
     def _new(self, s):
         return ColoredString(self.color, s)
 
diff --git a/test_clint.py b/test_clint.py
index e9e0b9f..5bdeda2 100755
--- a/test_clint.py
+++ b/test_clint.py
@@ -16,5 +16,31 @@ class TablibTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         pass
 
+class ColoredStringTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    
+    def setUp(self):
+        from clint.textui.colored import ColoredString
+    
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass
+    
+    def test_split(self):
+        from clint.textui.colored import ColoredString
+        new_str = ColoredString('red', "hello world")
+        output = new_str.split()
+        assert output[0].s == "hello"
+    
+    def test_find(self):
+        from clint.textui.colored import ColoredString
+        new_str = ColoredString('blue', "hello world")
+        output = new_str.find('h')
+        self.assertEqual(output, 0)
+        
+    def test_replace(self):
+        from clint.textui.colored import ColoredString
+        new_str = ColoredString('green', "hello world")
+        output = new_str.replace("world", "universe")
+        assert output.s == "hello universe"
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()