diff --git a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Attrs.java b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Attrs.java
index d1cc338..b319fca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Attrs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Attrs.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ private Color color(ColorType colorType, long shiftValue) {
             case COLOR_16:
                 return Color16.withCode(colorBits);
             case COLOR_256:
-                return new Color256(colorBits);
+                return new ColorXterm(colorBits);
             case COLOR_RGB:
                 return ColorRgb.fromPacked(colorBits);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Color.java b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Color.java
index b5c515b..1276767 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Color.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Color.java
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ static Color brightWhite() {
         return Color16.BRIGHT_WHITE;
     }
 
-    static Color xterm256(int color) {
-        return new Color256(color);
+    static Color xterm(int color) {
+        return new ColorXterm(color);
     }
 
     static Color rgb(int r, int g, int b) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Color256.java b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/ColorXterm.java
similarity index 84%
rename from src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Color256.java
rename to src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/ColorXterm.java
index 1e36123..ae46616 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Color256.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/ColorXterm.java
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-class Color256 implements Color {
+class ColorXterm implements Color {
     public final int color;
 
-    Color256(int color) {
+    ColorXterm(int color) {
         this.color = color & 0xFF;
     }
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public ColorType colorType() {
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (this == o) return true;
         if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
-        Color256 color256 = (Color256) o;
-        return color == color256.color;
+        ColorXterm colorXterm = (ColorXterm) o;
+        return color == colorXterm.color;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public int hashCode() {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "Color256 [" +
+        return "ColorXterm [" +
                 "color=" + color +
                 ']';
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Styles.java b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Styles.java
index fce2492..c5a1362 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Styles.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/Styles.java
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ private static long withColor(long attrs, Color color, long maskValue, long shif
                 newColor = color16.code();
                 break;
             case COLOR_256:
-                Color256 color256 = (Color256) color;
-                newColor = color256.color();
+                ColorXterm colorXterm = (ColorXterm) color;
+                newColor = colorXterm.color();
                 break;
             case COLOR_RGB:
                 ColorRgb colorRgb = (ColorRgb) color;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/DocTest.java b/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/DocTest.java
index 0314f03..722716a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/DocTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/DocTest.java
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ void testNested16ColorFgStyleFlattening() {
     @Test
     void test256ColorFgStyle() {
         String expected = xtermFgCode(128) + "a" + Ansi.RESET;
-        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(128))).render(80);
+        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(128))).render(80);
         char[] expectedChars = expected.toCharArray();
         char[] actualChars = actual.toCharArray();
         assertThat(actualChars, is(equalTo(expectedChars)));
@@ -579,11 +579,11 @@ void testNested256ColorFgStyle() {
                         xtermFgCode(37) + 'b' +
                         xtermFgCode(255) + ')' + Ansi.RESET;
 
-        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(128)))
+        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(128)))
                 .append(text(","))
-                .appendSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(37))))
+                .appendSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(37))))
                 .bracket(2, Doc.lineOrEmpty(), text("("), text(")"))
-                .styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(255)))
+                .styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(255)))
                 .render(6);
 
         char[] expectedChars = expected.toCharArray();
@@ -601,11 +601,11 @@ void testNested256ColorFgStyleFlattening() {
                         ')' + Ansi.RESET;
 
         // expanded layout should still break over multiple lines
-        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(128)))
+        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(128)))
                 .append(text(","))
-                .appendLineOrSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(37))))
+                .appendLineOrSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(37))))
                 .bracket(2, Doc.lineOrEmpty(), text("("), text(")"))
-                .styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(255)))
+                .styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(255)))
                 .render(1);
 
         char[] expectedChars = expected.toCharArray();
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ void testNested16ColorBgStyleFlattening() {
     @Test
     void test256ColorBgStyle() {
         String expected = xtermBgCode(128) + "a" + Ansi.RESET;
-        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm256(128))).render(80);
+        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm(128))).render(80);
         char[] expectedChars = expected.toCharArray();
         char[] actualChars = actual.toCharArray();
         assertThat(actualChars, is(equalTo(expectedChars)));
@@ -812,11 +812,11 @@ void testNested256ColorBgStyle() {
                         xtermBgCode(37) + 'b' +
                         xtermBgCode(255) + ')' + Ansi.RESET;
 
-        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm256(128)))
+        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm(128)))
                 .append(text(","))
-                .appendSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm256(37))))
+                .appendSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm(37))))
                 .bracket(2, Doc.lineOrEmpty(), text("("), text(")"))
-                .styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm256(255)))
+                .styled(Styles.bg(Color.xterm(255)))
                 .render(6);
 
         char[] expectedChars = expected.toCharArray();
@@ -834,11 +834,11 @@ void testNested256ColorBgStyleFlattening() {
                         ')' + Ansi.RESET;
 
         // expanded layout should still break over multiple lines
-        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(128)))
+        String actual = text("a").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(128)))
                 .append(text(","))
-                .appendLineOrSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(37))))
+                .appendLineOrSpace(text("b").styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(37))))
                 .bracket(2, Doc.lineOrEmpty(), text("("), text(")"))
-                .styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm256(255)))
+                .styled(Styles.fg(Color.xterm(255)))
                 .render(1);
 
         char[] expectedChars = expected.toCharArray();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/AttrsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/AttrsTest.java
index 25a3ece..0107351 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/AttrsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/AttrsTest.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Arbitrary<Color> colors() {
                 Arbitraries.create(Color::brightWhite),
 
                 Arbitraries.integers().between(0, 255)
-                        .map(Color::xterm256),
+                        .map(Color::xterm),
 
                 Arbitraries.integers().between(0, 255)
                         .tuple3().map(t -> Color.rgb(t.get1(), t.get2(), t.get3()))
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/ColorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/ColorTest.java
index aacdac9..f1836ca 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/ColorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/opencastsoftware/prettier4j/ansi/ColorTest.java
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ public class ColorTest {
     void testEquals() {
         EqualsVerifier.forClasses(
                         Color.class, Color16.class,
-                        Color256.class, ColorRgb.class)
+                        ColorXterm.class, ColorRgb.class)
                 .usingGetClass().verify();
     }
 
     @Test
     void testToString() {
-        ToStringVerifier.forClasses(Color16.class, Color256.class, ColorRgb.class).verify();
+        ToStringVerifier.forClasses(Color16.class, ColorXterm.class, ColorRgb.class).verify();
     }
 
     @Property