diff --git a/color.c b/color.c
index 3348ead534..07ac8c9d40 100644
--- a/color.c
+++ b/color.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ enum git_colorbool git_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value)
 	return GIT_COLOR_AUTO;
 }
 
-static int check_auto_color(int fd)
+static bool check_auto_color(int fd)
 {
 	static int color_stderr_is_tty = -1;
 	int *is_tty_p = fd == 1 ? &color_stdout_is_tty : &color_stderr_is_tty;
@@ -399,12 +399,12 @@ static int check_auto_color(int fd)
 		*is_tty_p = isatty(fd);
 	if (*is_tty_p || (fd == 1 && pager_in_use() && pager_use_color)) {
 		if (!is_terminal_dumb())
-			return 1;
+			return true;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return false;
 }
 
-int want_color_fd(int fd, enum git_colorbool var)
+bool want_color_fd(int fd, enum git_colorbool var)
 {
 	/*
 	 * NEEDSWORK: This function is sometimes used from multiple threads, and
diff --git a/color.h b/color.h
index fcb38c5562..43e6c9ad09 100644
--- a/color.h
+++ b/color.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ enum git_colorbool git_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value);
  * Return a boolean whether to use color, where the argument 'var' is
  * one of GIT_COLOR_UNKNOWN, GIT_COLOR_NEVER, GIT_COLOR_ALWAYS, GIT_COLOR_AUTO.
  */
-int want_color_fd(int fd, enum git_colorbool var);
+bool want_color_fd(int fd, enum git_colorbool var);
 #define want_color(colorbool) want_color_fd(1, (colorbool))
 #define want_color_stderr(colorbool) want_color_fd(2, (colorbool))