diff --git a/src/bbansi.nim b/src/bbansi.nim
index e1f715c..0b181a3 100644
--- a/src/bbansi.nim
+++ b/src/bbansi.nim
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ proc bb*(s: string): BbString =
         next
   result.closeFinalSpan
 
+proc bb*(s: string, style: string): BbString =
+  bb("[" & style & "]" & s & "[/" & style & "]")
+
 proc `&`*(x: BbString, y: BbString): Bbstring =
   # there is probably a more efficient way to do this
   bb(x.raw & y.raw)
@@ -172,8 +175,3 @@ flags:
     quit(QuitSuccess)
   for arg in strArgs:
     echo arg.bb
-
-  echo "---------->"
-  echo "\e[31mRed Text\e[0m\nNext Line"
-  echo "[red]Red Text[/red]\nNext Line".bb
-  echo "---------->"
diff --git a/tests/tbasic.nim b/tests/tbasic.nim
index dae8a8f..9b55ee4 100644
--- a/tests/tbasic.nim
+++ b/tests/tbasic.nim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # To run these tests, simply execute `nimble test`.
 
-import unittest
+import std/[strutils,unittest]
 
 import bbansi
 
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@ suite "basic":
     check "[red]RED[/]".bb.len == 3
     check bb("[blue]Blue[/]") & " " & bb("[red]Red[/]") == "[blue]Blue[/] [red]Red[/]".bb
     check "a plain string" & "[blue] a blue string".bb == "a plain string[blue] a blue string".bb
+
+  test "style full":
+    check "[red]Red[/red]".bb == bb("Red","red")
+    check "[b][yellow]not yellow[/][/b]".bb == bb("[yellow]not yellow[/]","b")
+