diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9dab627..77a996b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "swaybar_info"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccb8bdf..b957779 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "swaybar_info"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Provides swaybar with info to be displayed"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ repository = "https://github.com/Stephen-Seo/swaybar_info"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 chrono = "0.4"
-regex = "1.5"
+regex = "1.6"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2172b83..dc91e1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,29 @@ Put the following in your `~/.config/sway/config` (assuming the binary is at
         #status_command $HOME/.config/sway/swaybar_info --time-format="%Y-%m-%d %R:%S"
     }
 
+## Advanced Usage of `--regex-cmd`
+
+If the regex provided to `swaybar_info` has two captures, the first capture will
+be used as the text to be displayed, and the second capture will be expected to
+be the color string (such as FFFFFF for white, or 44FF44 for a lighter green).
+
+For example, if the script invoked with `--regex-cmd` has output like the
+following:
+
+    MPD Title | MPD Album | playingCOLORSPLIT44FF44
+
+That sometimes becomes:
+
+    MPD is not running
+
+Then this text can be parsed with a regex like:
+
+    status_command $HOME/.config/sway/swaybar_info \
+    '--regex-cmd=$HOME/scripts/mpc/mpcCommand.sh[SPLIT]simple[SPLIT]^\(.\*?\)\(?:COLORSPLIT\)?\([A-F0-9]{6}\)?$'
+
+Note that some characters like `*` or `(` had to be escaped because they are
+being passed verbatim to a shell.
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 Uses [`serde_json`](https://crates.io/crates/serde_json),
diff --git a/src/external.rs b/src/external.rs
index a8b4185..8df53a6 100644
--- a/src/external.rs
+++ b/src/external.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ pub enum Error {
     Generic(String),
 }
 
+pub struct ExternalRegexResult {
+    pub matched: String,
+    pub color: Option<String>,
+}
+
 impl From<io::Error> for Error {
     fn from(io_error: io::Error) -> Self {
         Self::IO(io_error)
@@ -47,7 +52,11 @@ impl std::error::Error for Error {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn get_cmd_output(cmd: &str, args: &[&str], regex: &Regex) -> Result<String, Error> {
+pub fn get_cmd_output(
+    cmd: &str,
+    args: &[&str],
+    regex: &Regex,
+) -> Result<ExternalRegexResult, Error> {
     let mut cmd_builder = Command::new(cmd);
     for arg in args {
         cmd_builder.arg(arg);
@@ -55,10 +64,33 @@ pub fn get_cmd_output(cmd: &str, args: &[&str], regex: &Regex) -> Result<String,
     let output = cmd_builder.output()?;
     let stdout_output: String = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?;
     let regex_captures = regex
-        .captures(&stdout_output)
+        .captures(stdout_output.trim())
         .ok_or_else(|| Error::from("Regex returned empty matches".to_owned()))?;
-    let regex_match = regex_captures
-        .get(0)
-        .ok_or_else(|| Error::from("Failed to get regex match".to_owned()))?;
-    Ok(regex_match.as_str().to_owned())
+    let mut color: Option<String> = None;
+    let matched: String = if regex_captures.len() == 1 {
+        regex_captures
+            .get(0)
+            .ok_or_else(|| Error::from("Failed to get regex 0".to_owned()))?
+            .as_str()
+            .to_owned()
+    } else {
+        //if regex_captures.len() >= 2 {
+        regex_captures
+            .get(1)
+            .ok_or_else(|| Error::from("Failed to get regex 1".to_owned()))?
+            .as_str()
+            .to_owned()
+    };
+
+    match regex_captures.len() {
+        3 => color = regex_captures.get(2).map(|m| m.as_str().to_owned()),
+        4.. => {
+            return Err(Error::from(
+                "Too many captures in regex, up to 2 is allowed".to_owned(),
+            ))
+        }
+        _ => (),
+    }
+
+    Ok(ExternalRegexResult { matched, color })
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b0324c1..d858b08 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -188,15 +188,18 @@ fn main() {
         {
             for (idx, (cmd, args, regex)) in cmds.iter().enumerate() {
                 let cmd_result = external::get_cmd_output(cmd, args, regex);
-                if let Ok(cmd_string) = cmd_result {
+                if let Ok(cmd_struct) = cmd_result {
                     if is_empty {
-                        let cmd_obj =
-                            SwaybarObject::from_string(format!("regex_cmd_{}", idx), cmd_string);
+                        let mut cmd_obj = SwaybarObject::from_string(
+                            format!("regex_cmd_{}", idx),
+                            cmd_struct.matched,
+                        );
+                        cmd_obj.color = cmd_struct.color;
                         array.push_object(cmd_obj);
                     } else if let Some(cmd_obj) =
                         array.get_by_name_mut(&format!("regex_cmd_{}", idx))
                     {
-                        cmd_obj.update_as_generic(cmd_string, None);
+                        cmd_obj.update_as_generic(cmd_struct.matched, cmd_struct.color);
                     }
                 } else if let Err(e) = cmd_result {
                     let mut stderr_handle = io::stderr().lock();