diff --git a/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages.rb b/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages.rb
index 6e109826..1ef0419c 100644
--- a/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages.rb
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ def expected_desc_for_it expected
       def colorize_if_enabled formatted_diff, color_enabled
         if color_enabled
           # RSpec wraps each line in the failure message with failure_color, turning it red.
-          # To ensure the lines in the diff that should be white, stay white, wrap each line
-          # in ANSI white.
-          formatted_diff.split("\n").collect{ |line| Rainbow(line).white }.join("\n")
+          # To ensure the lines in the diff that should be white, stay white, put an
+          # ANSI reset at the start of each line.
+          formatted_diff.split("\n").collect{ |line|"\e[0m#{line}" }.join("\n")
         else
           formatted_diff
         end
diff --git a/lib/pact/provider/rspec/pact_broker_formatter.rb b/lib/pact/provider/rspec/pact_broker_formatter.rb
index 2808cf1c..dd29778e 100644
--- a/lib/pact/provider/rspec/pact_broker_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/provider/rspec/pact_broker_formatter.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def format_example(example)
             if example.exception
               hash[:exception] =  {
                 class: example.exception.class.name,
-                message: Rainbow(example.exception.message).white
+                message: "\e[0m#{example.exception.message}"
               }
             end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages_spec.rb
index 7bec993b..4a1150f4 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/provider/matchers/messages_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ module Matchers
         let(:diff_formatter) { Pact::Matchers::UnixDiffFormatter }
         let(:message) { "line1\nline2"}
         let(:output_message) { "Actual: actual\n\n#{message}"}
-        let(:output_message_with_resets) { "Actual: \e[37mactual\e[0m\n\n#{Rainbow('line1').white}\n#{Rainbow('line2').white}"}
+        let(:r) { "\e[0m" }
+        let(:output_message_with_resets) { "Actual: \e[37mactual#{r}\n\n#{r}line1\n#{r}line2"}
         let(:diff) { double("diff") }
         let(:actual) { "actual" }
         let(:color_enabled) { true }