diff --git a/dist/client/ui/foldable.js b/dist/client/ui/foldable.js
index febf2cc58d7..ce8ff5ccdb8 100644
--- a/dist/client/ui/foldable.js
+++ b/dist/client/ui/foldable.js
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ var _jsonStringifySafe = require('json-stringify-safe');
 
 var _jsonStringifySafe2 = _interopRequireDefault(_jsonStringifySafe);
 
+var _highlight = require('./highlight');
+
+var _highlight2 = _interopRequireDefault(_highlight);
+
 function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }
 
 var folderStyle = {
@@ -124,11 +128,9 @@ var Foldable = function (_React$Component) {
             this.state.collapsed ? '►' : '▼'
           )
         ),
-        _react2.default.createElement(
-          'div',
-          { ref: 'foldable-content', style: folderContentStyle },
-          content
-        )
+        _react2.default.createElement('div', { ref: 'foldable-content', style: folderContentStyle,
+          dangerouslySetInnerHTML: { __html: (0, _highlight2.default)(content) }
+        })
       );
     }
   }]);
diff --git a/dist/client/ui/highlight.js b/dist/client/ui/highlight.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..233b59b71b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/client/ui/highlight.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+'use strict';
+
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
+  value: true
+});
+exports.default = highlight;
+/**
+ * Parses the JSON string and adds styling and class based on whether
+ * a part is string, number, undefined, null or key. Also removes quotes
+ * from keys.
+ *
+ * @param data A stringified JSON
+ * @returns {string} String with styling
+ */
+function highlight(data) {
+  var json = data.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+  var regex = /("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g; // eslint-disable-line
+  return json.replace(regex, function (match) {
+    var className = 'number';
+    var style = void 0;
+    var result = match;
+    if (/^"/.test(result)) {
+      if (/:$/.test(result)) {
+        className = 'key';
+        style = 'color:#800080';
+        result = match.replace(/"/g, '');
+      } else {
+        className = 'string';
+        style = 'color:#a31515';
+      }
+    } else if (/true|false/.test(result)) {
+      className = 'boolean';
+      style = 'color:#066066';
+    } else if (/null|undefined/.test(result)) {
+      className = 'null';
+      style = 'color:#a31515';
+    }
+    return '<span class="' + className + '" style="' + style + '">' + result + '</span>';
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/ui/__tests__/foldable.js b/src/client/ui/__tests__/foldable.js
index 63910ee7197..69b67e94747 100644
--- a/src/client/ui/__tests__/foldable.js
+++ b/src/client/ui/__tests__/foldable.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('<Foldable />', function () {
         args: 'things',
       };
 
-      const compactString = '{"name":"test action","args":"things"}';
+      const compactString = '{name:"test action",args:"things"}';
 
       const wrap = mount(<Foldable action={data} />);
       const content = wrap.ref('foldable-content');
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('<Foldable />', function () {
         args: 'things',
       };
 
-      const fullString = '{\n  "name": "test action",\n  "args": "things"\n}';
+      const fullString = '{\n  name: "test action",\n  args: "things"\n}';
 
       const wrap = mount(<Foldable action={data} />);
       const toggle = wrap.ref('foldable-toggle');
diff --git a/src/client/ui/__tests__/highlight.js b/src/client/ui/__tests__/highlight.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7ed3e24d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/ui/__tests__/highlight.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const { describe, it } = global;
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import highlight from '../highlight';
+
+describe('highlight', function () {
+  it('should remove quotes from keys and add correct colour', function () {
+    const data = '{ "name": "react-storybook" }';
+    const expected = '{ <span class="key" style="color:#800080">name:</span> <span class="string" style="color:#a31515">"react-storybook"</span> }'; // eslint-disable-line
+    expect(highlight(data)).to.equal(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve new lines also', function () {
+    const data = '{\n  "name": "test action",\n  "args": "things"\n}';
+    const expected = '{\n  ' +
+      '<span class="key" style="color:#800080">name:</span> ' +
+      '<span class="string" style="color:#a31515">"test action"</span>,\n  ' +
+      '<span class="key" style="color:#800080">args:</span> ' +
+      '<span class="string" style="color:#a31515">"things"</span>\n}';
+    expect(highlight(data)).to.equal(expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/client/ui/foldable.js b/src/client/ui/foldable.js
index 291ed4bb22e..49b10d3bd45 100644
--- a/src/client/ui/foldable.js
+++ b/src/client/ui/foldable.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import stringify from 'json-stringify-safe';
+import highlight from './highlight';
 
 const folderStyle = {
   display: 'block',
@@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ class Foldable extends React.Component {
             { this.state.collapsed ? '►' : '▼' }
           </span>
         </div>
-
-        <div ref="foldable-content" style={ folderContentStyle }>
-          { content }
+        <div ref="foldable-content" style={ folderContentStyle }
+          dangerouslySetInnerHTML={ { __html: highlight(content) } }
+        >
         </div>
       </div>
       );
diff --git a/src/client/ui/highlight.js b/src/client/ui/highlight.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bba93bd35aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/ui/highlight.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Parses the JSON string and adds styling and class based on whether
+ * a part is string, number, undefined, null or key. Also removes quotes
+ * from keys.
+ *
+ * @param data A stringified JSON
+ * @returns {string} String with styling
+ */
+export default function highlight(data) {
+  const json = data.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+  const regex = /("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g; // eslint-disable-line
+  return json.replace(regex, (match) => {
+    let className = 'number';
+    let style;
+    let result = match;
+    if (/^"/.test(result)) {
+      if (/:$/.test(result)) {
+        className = 'key';
+        style = 'color:#800080';
+        result = match.replace(/"/g, '');
+      } else {
+        className = 'string';
+        style = 'color:#a31515';
+      }
+    } else if (/true|false/.test(result)) {
+      className = 'boolean';
+      style = 'color:#066066';
+    } else if (/null|undefined/.test(result)) {
+      className = 'null';
+      style = 'color:#a31515';
+    }
+    return `<span class="${className}" style="${style}">${result}</span>`;
+  });
+}