diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5e519ea..5f5b1368 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ The following PowerShell scripts can be found in the [Scripts/](Scripts/) subfol
 * [weather-report.ps1](Scripts/weather-report.ps1) - prints the local weather report
 * [weather-worldwide.ps1](Scripts/weather-worldwide.ps1) - prints the current weather of cities worldwide
 * [wakeup.ps1](Scripts/wakeup.ps1) - sends a magic packet to the given computer, waking him up
+* [write-blue.ps1](Scripts/write-blue.ps1) - writes the given text in blue
+* [write-green.ps1](Scripts/write-green.ps1) - writes the given text in green
+* [write-red.ps1](Scripts/write-red.ps1) - writes the given text in red
 * [zip-dir.ps1](Scripts/zip-dir.ps1) - creates a zip archive of the given folder
 
 
diff --git a/Scripts/set-timer.ps1 b/Scripts/set-timer.ps1
index c96151e0..b6b67544 100755
--- a/Scripts/set-timer.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/set-timer.ps1
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 # License:	CC0
 
 param([int]$Seconds)
-if ($Seconds -eq 0 ) {
-	[int]$Seconds = read-host "Enter number of seconds"
-}
-
 try {
+	if ($Seconds -eq 0 ) {
+		[int]$Seconds = read-host "Enter number of seconds"
+	}
 	for ($i = $Seconds; $i -gt 0; $i--) {
 		write-progress "$i seconds"
 		start-sleep -s 1
diff --git a/Scripts/write-blue.ps1 b/Scripts/write-blue.ps1
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0c7d1a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/write-blue.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/snap/bin/powershell
+
+# Syntax:       ./write-blue.ps1 [<text>]
+# Description:	writes the given text in blue
+# Author:	Markus Fleschutz
+# Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+# License:	CC0
+
+param([String]$Text)
+try {
+	if ($Text -eq "" ) {
+		[String]$Text = read-host "Enter text to write"
+	}
+	write-host -foregroundcolor blue $Text
+	exit 0
+} catch {
+	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}
diff --git a/Scripts/write-green.ps1 b/Scripts/write-green.ps1
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..25725780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/write-green.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/snap/bin/powershell
+
+# Syntax:       ./write-green.ps1 [<text>]
+# Description:	writes the given text in green
+# Author:	Markus Fleschutz
+# Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+# License:	CC0
+
+param([String]$Text)
+try {
+	if ($Text -eq "" ) {
+		[String]$Text = read-host "Enter text to write"
+	}
+	write-host -foregroundcolor green $Text
+	exit 0
+} catch {
+	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}
diff --git a/Scripts/write-red.ps1 b/Scripts/write-red.ps1
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..95216478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/write-red.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/snap/bin/powershell
+
+# Syntax:       ./write-red.ps1 [<text>]
+# Description:	writes the given text in red
+# Author:	Markus Fleschutz
+# Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+# License:	CC0
+
+param([String]$Text)
+try {
+	if ($Text -eq "" ) {
+		[String]$Text = read-host "Enter text to write"
+	}
+	write-host -foregroundcolor red $Text
+	exit 0
+} catch {
+	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}