diff --git a/src/Color.cpp b/src/Color.cpp
index 7848ff873..f72317f92 100644
--- a/src/Color.cpp
+++ b/src/Color.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ Color::Color (unsigned int c)
   if (!(c & _COLOR_HASBG)) value &= ~_COLOR_BG;
 
   value = c & (_COLOR_256 | _COLOR_HASBG | _COLOR_HASFG |_COLOR_UNDERLINE |
-               _COLOR_BOLD | _COLOR_BRIGHT | _COLOR_BG | _COLOR_FG);
+               _COLOR_INVERSE | _COLOR_BOLD | _COLOR_BRIGHT | _COLOR_BG |
+               _COLOR_FG);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ Color::Color (const std::string& spec)
          if (word == "bold")      fg_value |= _COLOR_BOLD;
     else if (word == "bright")    bg_value |= _COLOR_BRIGHT;
     else if (word == "underline") fg_value |= _COLOR_UNDERLINE;
+    else if (word == "inverse")   fg_value |= _COLOR_INVERSE;
     else if (word == "on")        bg = true;
 
     // X where X is one of black, red, blue ...
@@ -299,6 +301,9 @@ Color::operator std::string () const
   if (value & _COLOR_UNDERLINE)
     description += std::string (description.length () ? " " : "") + "underline";
 
+  if (value & _COLOR_INVERSE)
+    description += std::string (description.length () ? " " : "") + "inverse";
+
   if (value & _COLOR_HASFG)
     description += std::string (description.length () ? " " : "") + fg ();
 
@@ -328,6 +333,7 @@ void Color::blend (const Color& other)
 {
   Color c (other);
   value |= (c.value & _COLOR_UNDERLINE);    // Always inherit underline.
+  value |= (c.value & _COLOR_INVERSE);      // Always inherit inverse.
 
   // 16 <-- 16.
   if (!(value   & _COLOR_256) &&
@@ -433,6 +439,12 @@ std::string Color::colorize (const std::string& input)
       needTerminator = true;
     }
 
+    if (value & _COLOR_INVERSE)
+    {
+      result << "\033[7m";
+      needTerminator = true;
+    }
+
     if (value & _COLOR_HASFG)
     {
       result << "\033[38;5;" << (value & _COLOR_FG) << "m";
@@ -469,6 +481,12 @@ std::string Color::colorize (const std::string& input)
       result << "4";
     }
 
+    if (value & _COLOR_INVERSE)
+    {
+      if (count++) result << ";";
+      result << "7";
+    }
+
     if (value & _COLOR_HASFG)
     {
       if (count++) result << ";";
diff --git a/src/Color.h b/src/Color.h
index 6f5a0f8ff..2843b56c1 100644
--- a/src/Color.h
+++ b/src/Color.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#define _COLOR_INVERSE   0x00400000  // Inverse attribute.
 #define _COLOR_256       0x00200000  // 256-color mode.
 #define _COLOR_HASBG     0x00100000  // Has background color (all values taken).
 #define _COLOR_HASFG     0x00080000  // Has foreground color (all values taken).
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public:
 
   Color ();
   Color (const Color&);
-  Color (unsigned int);                         // 256 | UNDERLINE | BOLD | BRIGHT | (BG << 8) | FG
+  Color (unsigned int);                         // 256 | INVERSE | UNDERLINE | BOLD | BRIGHT | (BG << 8) | FG
   Color (const std::string&);                   // "red on bright black"
   Color (color_id);                             // fg.
   Color (color_id, color_id);                   // fg, bg.
diff --git a/src/View.cpp b/src/View.cpp
index 8b0a4a02d..bc8d50001 100644
--- a/src/View.cpp
+++ b/src/View.cpp
@@ -87,11 +87,17 @@ View::View ()
 // Note: a possible enhancement is to proportionally distribute the overage
 //       according to average data length.
 //
+// Note: an enhancement to the 'no solution' problem is to simply force-break
+//       the larger fields.  If the widest field is W0, and the second widest
+//       field is W1, then a solution may be achievable by reducing W0 --> W1.
+//
 std::string View::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& sequence)
 {
   // Determine minimal, ideal column widths.
   std::vector <int> minimal;
   std::vector <int> ideal;
+//  std::vector <int> avg_ideal;
+//  int cumulative_ideal = 0;
 
   std::vector <Column*>::iterator i;
   for (i = _columns.begin (); i != _columns.end (); ++i)
@@ -108,12 +114,19 @@ std::string View::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& sequence)
       int ideal;
       (*i)->measure (*d, min, ideal);
 
-      if (min > global_min)     global_min = min;
+      if (min   > global_min)   global_min = min;
       if (ideal > global_ideal) global_ideal = ideal;
+
+//      cumulative_ideal += ideal;
     }
 
     minimal.push_back (global_min);
     ideal.push_back (global_ideal);
+
+//    if (data.size ())
+//      avg_ideal.push_back ((int) (cumulative_ideal / data.size ()));
+//    else
+//      avg_ideal.push_back (0);
   }
 
   // Sum the minimal widths.