diff --git a/config/zsh/.zprofile b/config/zsh/.zprofile
index f887978..3b97122 100644
--- a/config/zsh/.zprofile
+++ b/config/zsh/.zprofile
@@ -25,16 +25,35 @@ have() {
 # would report errors (e.g., when running a command via SSH without allocating
 # a pty $TERM is not set).
 have tput && [ -n "$TERM" ] && {
-    rst="$(tput sgr0)"
-    export LESS_TERMCAP_md="$(printf '%s\n' 'setaf 3' | tput -S)"
-    export LESS_TERMCAP_mb="$LESS_TERMCAP_md"
-    export LESS_TERMCAP_me="$rst"
-    export LESS_TERMCAP_us="$(printf '%s\n' 'setaf 7' 'smul' | tput -S)"
-    export LESS_TERMCAP_ue="$rst"
-    export LESS_TERMCAP_so="$(printf '%s\n' 'setaf 4' 'setab 0' | tput -S)"
-    export LESS_TERMCAP_se="$rst"
+      reset="$(printf %b '\e[0m')"
+      bold='\e[1m'      faint='\e[2m'      italic='\e[3m'     underline='\e[4m'
+      black='\e[30m'   brblack='\e[90m'   black_bg='\e[40m'   brblack_bg='\e[100m'
+        red='\e[31m'     brred='\e[91m'     red_bg='\e[41m'     brred_bg='\e[101m'
+      green='\e[32m'   brgreen='\e[92m'   green_bg='\e[42m'   brgreen_bg='\e[102m'
+     yellow='\e[33m'  bryellow='\e[93m'  yellow_bg='\e[43m'  bryellow_bg='\e[103m'
+       blue='\e[34m'    brblue='\e[94m'    blue_bg='\e[44m'    brblue_bg='\e[104m'
+    magenta='\e[35m' brmagenta='\e[95m' magenta_bg='\e[45m' brmagenta_bg='\e[105m'
+       cyan='\e[36m'    brcyan='\e[96m'    cyan_bg='\e[46m'    brcyan_bg='\e[106m'
+      white='\e[37m'   brwhite='\e[97m'   white_bg='\e[47m'   brwhite_bg='\e[107m'
+
+    export LESS_TERMCAP_md="$(printf %b $blue)"             # bold
+    export LESS_TERMCAP_mb="$LESS_TERMCAP_md"               # blink
+    export LESS_TERMCAP_me="$reset"
+    export LESS_TERMCAP_us="$(printf %b $brblue $italic $underline)"   # underline
+    export LESS_TERMCAP_ue="$reset"
+    export LESS_TERMCAP_so="$(printf %b $black $yellow_bg $bold)"  # search
+    export LESS_TERMCAP_se="$reset"
     export GROFF_NO_SGR=1
-    unset rst
+
+    unset bold    faint     italic     underline  reset
+    unset black   brblack   black_bg   brblack_bg
+    unset red     brred     red_bg     brred_bg
+    unset green   brgreen   green_bg   brgreen_bg
+    unset yellow  bryellow  yellow_bg  bryellow_bg
+    unset blue    brblue    blue_bg    brblue_bg
+    unset magenta brmagenta magenta_bg brmagenta_bg
+    unset cyan    brcyan    cyan_bg    brcyan_bg
+    unset white   brwhite   white_bg   brwhite_bg
 }
 
 # Prevent path_helper from messing with the PATH when starting tmux.