diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5435fd7cb5..6f1bb54300 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.6.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3
-	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.12.0
+	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.13.0
 	github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
 )
 
 go 1.21.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0b31f1113b..5f5d8cc091 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,26 +16,28 @@ github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.6.0 h1:xjn+kbbKXeDq6v9RVE+WYwRbYfAZKvlWfcJ
 github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.6.0/go.mod h1:wsDwEaX5jEoyhbs7x93zk2H/qv0zwuhg4inXhDkYqys=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0/go.mod h1:4FelSpRwEGDpQ12mAdzqdOukCy4u8WUtOY6lkT/6HfU=
-github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0 h1:HyWk6mgj5qFqCT5fjGBuRArbVDfE4hi8+e8ceBS/t7Q=
-github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0/go.mod h1:taPMhCMXrRLJO55olJkUXHZBHCxTMfnGwq/HNwmWNS8=
-github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0 h1:icxd5fm+REJzpZx7ZfpaD876Lmtgy7VtROAbHHXk8no=
-github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0/go.mod h1:UkSxE5sNxxRwHyU+Scu5vgOQjsIJAF8j9muTVoKLVtA=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1 h1:pH2c5ADXtd66mxoE0Zm9SUhxE20r7aM3F26W0hOn+GE=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1/go.mod h1:nlOn6nFhuKACm19sB/8EGNn9GlaMV7XkbRSipzJ0Ii4=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 h1:in2uUcidCuFcDKtdcBxlR0rJ1+fsokWf+uqxgUFjbI0=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3/go.mod h1:d8uq/6HKRL6CGdk+aubisF/M5GcPfT7nKyLpA0lbSSk=
+github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 h1:EWaQ/wswjilfKLTECiXz7Rh+3BjFhfDFKv/oXslEjJA=
+github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1/go.mod h1:hxrqLVvrK65+Rwrd5Fc6F2O76J/NuW9t0sjnWqG1slY=
+github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 h1:Bcnm0ZwsGyWbCzImXv+pAJnYK9S473LQFuzCbDbfSFY=
+github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1/go.mod h1:xekY+UJKNuX9WP91TpwSH2VMlDf28Uj24BCp08ZFTUY=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.1 h1:40JcKH+bBNGFczGuoBYgX4I6m/i27HYW8P9FDk5PbgA=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.1/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 h1:KZ5WoDbxAIgm2HNbYckL0se1fHD6rz5j4ywS6ebzDqA=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
-github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.12.0 h1:/1WHjnMsI1dlIBQutrvSMGZRQufVO3asrHfTwfACoPM=
-github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.12.0/go.mod h1:wKnAMd44+9JAAnGQpWVEgBzGt3YuTaQ4uXoHvE4m7WU=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.13.0 h1:0Wtp0FZLd7Sm8gERmR9S6Iczzb3vItJj7NaHmFg8pTs=
+github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.13.0/go.mod h1:IjYwxUiJDoqpx2RmbdjMUceGHZwYLon3sfOGl5Hi9lc=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
 github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSow5/V2vxeg=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0 h1:w3ciUoD19shMCRargcpm0cm91ytaBhDvuRpz1ODO/U8=
 github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.4.0/go.mod h1:DfbEm0FYsaqBcKcFuvmOZb218JkPGtvSHsKg8S8hyyg=
-github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0 h1:hpXL4XnriNwQ/ABnpepYM/1vCLWNDfUNts8dX3xTG6Y=
-github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0/go.mod h1:+8+nEpDfqqsY+g338gtMEUOtuK+4dEMhiQEgxpxOKII=
+github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 h1:WT9HwE9SGECu3lg4d/dIA+jxlljEa1/ffXKmRjqdmIQ=
+github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0/go.mod h1:bvxc+MVxLKB4z00jd1z+Dvzr47oO32F/QSNjSBOlFxI=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
@@ -70,8 +72,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 h1:gK/Kv2otX8gz+wn7Rmb3vT96ZwuoxnQlY+HlJVj7Qug=
 golang.org/x/text v0.20.0/go.mod h1:D4IsuqiFMhST5bX19pQ9ikHC2GsaKyk/oF+pn3ducp4=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 h1:H2TDz8ibqkAF6YGhCdN3jS9O0/s90v0rJh3X/OLHEUk=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2/go.mod h1:K8+ghG5WaK9qNqU5K3HdILfMLy1f3aNYFI/wnl100a8=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1 v1.0.0-20160211212156-b2cb9fa56473 h1:6D+BvnJ/j6e222UW8s2qTSe3wGBtvo0MbVQG/c5k8RE=
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/color_print.go b/pkg/yqlib/color_print.go
index 1128e8513f..51c0a45dc2 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/color_print.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/color_print.go
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ func colorizeAndPrint(yamlBytes []byte, writer io.Writer) error {
 			Suffix: format(color.Reset),
 		}
 	}
+	p.Comment = func() *printer.Property {
+		return &printer.Property{
+			Prefix: format(color.FgHiBlack),
+			Suffix: format(color.Reset),
+		}
+	}
 	_, err := writer.Write([]byte(p.PrintTokens(tokens) + "\n"))
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go b/pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go
index 5cce044c17..f198c05257 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/encoder_yaml.go
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 type yamlEncoder struct {
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ func (ye *yamlEncoder) PrintLeadingContent(writer io.Writer, content string) err
 			if len(readline) > 0 && readline != "\n" && readline[0] != '%' && !commentLineRegEx.MatchString(readline) {
 				readline = "# " + readline
 			}
+			if ye.prefs.ColorsEnabled && strings.TrimSpace(readline) != "" {
+				readline = format(color.FgHiBlack) + readline + format(color.Reset)
+			}
 			if err := writeString(writer, readline); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}