diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,3 +120,7 @@ special characters that would be recognize by your shell.
 
 * Color a source code in 256 colors mode:
   `cat colout.py | colout Python monokai`
+
+* Color a JSON stream:
+  `echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar":"ipsum"}' | python -mjson.tool | colout -t json`
+
diff --git a/colout_json.py b/colout_json.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4c8a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colout_json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+import colout
+def theme( item ):
+    item = colout.colorup( item, '[{}]' )
+    item = colout.colorup( item, '[:,]', "blue" )
+    item = colout.colorup( item, '".*"', "green" )
+    return item
+