diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f64c9af1..f5dc436c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -387,14 +387,14 @@ for `less` [from its homepage](http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/download.ht
 Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/Less). To use it, place the binary in a directory in
 your `PATH` or [define an environment variable](#using-a-different-pager).
 
-### Colours
+### Colors
 
-Windows 10 natively supports colours in both `conhost.exe` (Command Prompt) and PowerShell since
+Windows 10 natively supports colors in both `conhost.exe` (Command Prompt) and PowerShell since
 [v1511](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_version_history#Version_1511_(November_Update)), as
 well as in newer versions of bash. On earlier versions of Windows, you can use
 [Cmder](http://cmder.net/), which includes [ConEmu](https://conemu.github.io/).
 
-**Note:** The Git and MSYS versions of `less` do not correctly interpret colours on Windows. If you
+**Note:** The Git and MSYS versions of `less` do not correctly interpret colors on Windows. If you
 don’t have any other pagers installed, you can disable paging entirely by passing `--paging=never`
 or by setting `BAT_PAGER` to an empty string.