diff --git a/papers/color.py b/papers/color.py
index 758b094..c62d704 100644
--- a/papers/color.py
+++ b/papers/color.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def colored(s, color=None, bold=False):
             color_code = COLORS[color]
     except KeyError:
         if bold:
-            color_code = CODE
+            color_code = BOLD
         else:
             color_code = ''
     if color_code != '':
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ def colored(s, color=None, bold=False):
     else:
         end_code = ''
     return color_code + s + end_code
+
+
+def not_colored(s, **kwargs):
+    return s
diff --git a/papers/commands/list_cmd.py b/papers/commands/list_cmd.py
index 27286f7..50cff68 100644
--- a/papers/commands/list_cmd.py
+++ b/papers/commands/list_cmd.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import subprocess
-import tempfile
-
 from .. import pretty
-from ..color import colored
 from .. import repo
 
 
@@ -15,14 +11,10 @@ def command(config, ui):
     rp = repo.Repository.from_directory()
     articles = []
     for n, p in enumerate(rp.all_papers()):
-        bibdesc = pretty.bib_oneliner(p.bibentry)
+        bibdesc = pretty.bib_oneliner(p.bibentry, color=ui.color)
         articles.append((u'{num:d}: [{citekey}] {descr}'.format(
             num=int(n),
-            citekey=colored(rp.citekeys[n], 'purple'),
+            citekey=ui.colored(rp.citekeys[n], 'purple'),
             descr=bibdesc,
             )).encode('utf-8'))
-
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".tmp", delete=True) as tmpf:
-        tmpf.write('\n'.join(articles))
-        tmpf.flush()
-        subprocess.call(['less', '-XRF', tmpf.name])
+    ui.print_('\n'.join(articles))
diff --git a/papers/pretty.py b/papers/pretty.py
index 9775980..a094a05 100644
--- a/papers/pretty.py
+++ b/papers/pretty.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # display formatting
 
-from color import colored
+from color import colored, not_colored
 from pybtex.bibtex.utils import bibtex_purify
 
 
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ def short_authors(bibentry):
         return ''
 
 
-def bib_oneliner(bibentry):
+def bib_oneliner(bibentry, color=True):
+    if color:
+        col_func = colored
+    else:
+        col_func = not_colored
     authors = short_authors(bibentry)
     title = bibtex_purify(bibentry.fields['title'])
     year = bibtex_purify(bibentry.fields.get('year', ''))
@@ -36,9 +40,9 @@ def bib_oneliner(bibentry):
         field = 'booktitle'
     journal = bibtex_purify(bibentry.fields.get(field, ''))
     return u'{authors} \"{title}\" {journal} ({year})'.format(
-            authors=colored(authors, 'cyan'),
+            authors=col_func(authors, 'cyan'),
             title=title,
-            journal=colored(journal, 'yellow'),
+            journal=col_func(journal, 'yellow'),
             year=year,
             )