diff --git a/table/_layout.ts b/table/_layout.ts
index b9c3988f..998b4d28 100644
--- a/table/_layout.ts
+++ b/table/_layout.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import type { Column } from "./column.ts";
 import { Cell, CellType, Direction } from "./cell.ts";
-import { consumeWords } from "./consume_words.ts";
+import { consumeChars, consumeWords } from "./consume_words.ts";
 import { Row, RowType } from "./row.ts";
 import type { BorderOptions, Table, TableSettings } from "./table.ts";
-import { longest, strLength } from "./_utils.ts";
+import { getUnclosedAnsiRuns, longest, strLength } from "./_utils.ts";
 
 /** Layout render settings. */
 interface RenderSettings {
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export class TableLayout {
 
     const { current, next } = this.renderCellValue(cell, maxLength);
 
-    row[colIndex].setValue(next.getValue());
+    row[colIndex].setValue(next);
 
     if (opts.hasBorder) {
       result += " ".repeat(opts.padding[colIndex]);
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ export class TableLayout {
   protected renderCellValue(
     cell: Cell,
     maxLength: number,
-  ): { current: string; next: Cell } {
+  ): { current: string; next: string } {
     const length: number = Math.min(
       maxLength,
       strLength(cell.toString()),
@@ -425,11 +425,20 @@ export class TableLayout {
     // break word if word is longer than max length
     const breakWord = strLength(words) > length;
     if (breakWord) {
-      words = words.slice(0, length);
+      words = consumeChars(length, words);
     }
 
     // get next content and remove leading space if breakWord is not true
+    // calculate from words.length _before_ any handling of unclosed ANSI codes
     const next = cell.toString().slice(words.length + (breakWord ? 0 : 1));
+
+    words = cell.unclosedAnsiRuns + words;
+
+    const { currentSuffix, nextPrefix } = getUnclosedAnsiRuns(words);
+
+    words += currentSuffix;
+    cell.unclosedAnsiRuns = nextPrefix;
+
     const fillLength = maxLength - strLength(words);
 
     // Align content
@@ -448,10 +457,7 @@ export class TableLayout {
       throw new Error("Unknown direction: " + align);
     }
 
-    return {
-      current,
-      next: cell.clone(next),
-    };
+    return { current, next };
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/table/_utils.ts b/table/_utils.ts
index 4dd962da..ba723b4d 100644
--- a/table/_utils.ts
+++ b/table/_utils.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,48 @@ export function longest(
 export const strLength = (str: string): number => {
   return unicodeWidth(stripColor(str));
 };
+
+/** Regex `source` to match any relevant ANSI code. */
+export const ansiRegexSource =
+  // deno-lint-ignore no-control-regex
+  /\x1b\[(?:(?<_0>0)|(?<_22>1|2|22)|(?<_23>3|23)|(?<_24>4|24)|(?<_27>7|27)|(?<_28>8|28)|(?<_29>9|29)|(?<_39>30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38;2;\d+;\d+;\d+|38;5;\d+|39|90|91|92|93|94|95|96|97)|(?<_49>40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48;2;\d+;\d+;\d+|48;5;\d+|49|100|101|102|103|104|105|106|107))m/
+    .source;
+
+/**
+ * Get unclosed ANSI runs in a string.
+ *
+ * @param text - A string segment possibly containing unclosed ANSI runs.
+ */
+export function getUnclosedAnsiRuns(text: string) {
+  type Token = { kind: string; content: string };
+  const tokens: Token[] = [];
+  for (const { groups } of text.matchAll(new RegExp(ansiRegexSource, "g"))) {
+    const [_kind, content] = Object.entries(groups!).find(([_, val]) => val)!;
+    tokens.push({ kind: _kind.slice(1), content });
+  }
+
+  let unclosed: Token[] = [];
+  for (const token of tokens) {
+    // Subsequent ANSI codes of a given kind automatically "close" previous
+    // codes of the same kind, so we remove the previous ones.
+    // E.g. in the string `${bg_red} A ${bg_yellow} B ${close_bg} C`, "B" only
+    // has a single background color (yellow), and "C" has no background color.
+    unclosed = [...unclosed.filter((y) => y.kind !== token.kind), token];
+  }
+
+  unclosed = unclosed.filter(({ content, kind }) => content !== kind);
+
+  const currentSuffix = unclosed
+    .map(({ kind }) => `\x1b[${kind}m`).reverse().join("");
+  const nextPrefix = unclosed.map(({ content }) => `\x1b[${content}m`).join("");
+
+  return {
+    /** The suffix to be appended to the text to close all unclosed runs. */
+    currentSuffix,
+    /**
+     * The prefix to be appended to the next segment to continue unclosed
+     * runs if the input text forms the first segment of a multi-line string.
+     */
+    nextPrefix,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/table/cell.ts b/table/cell.ts
index 5bf15801..206fc938 100644
--- a/table/cell.ts
+++ b/table/cell.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ interface CellOptions {
   rowSpan?: number;
   /** Cell cell alignment direction. */
   align?: Direction;
+  /**
+   * Any unterminated ANSI formatting overflowed from previous lines of a
+   * multi-line cell.
+   */
+  unclosedAnsiRuns?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -43,6 +48,17 @@ export class Cell {
     return this.toString().length;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Any unterminated ANSI formatting overflowed from previous lines of a
+   * multi-line cell.
+   */
+  public get unclosedAnsiRuns() {
+    return this.options.unclosedAnsiRuns ?? "";
+  }
+  public set unclosedAnsiRuns(val: string) {
+    this.options.unclosedAnsiRuns = val;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a new cell. If value is a cell, the value and all options of the cell
    * will be copied to the new cell.
diff --git a/table/consume_words.ts b/table/consume_words.ts
index 4fc6a139..f665ea91 100644
--- a/table/consume_words.ts
+++ b/table/consume_words.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { strLength } from "./_utils.ts";
+import { ansiRegexSource, strLength } from "./_utils.ts";
 
 /**
  * Consumes the maximum amount of words from a string which is not longer than
@@ -34,3 +34,42 @@ export function consumeWords(length: number, content: string): string {
 
   return consumed;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Consumes the maximum amount of chars from a string which is not longer than
+ * given length, ignoring ANSI codes when calculating the length.
+ * This function returns at least one char.
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * import { consumeChars } from "./consume_words.ts";
+ *
+ * const str = consumeChars(9, "\x1b[31mThis is an example."); // returns: "\x1b[31mThis is a"
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param length  The maximum length of the returned string.
+ * @param content The content from which the string should be consumed.
+ */
+export function consumeChars(length: number, content: string): string {
+  let consumed = "";
+  const chars = [
+    ...content.split("\n")[0].matchAll(
+      new RegExp(`(?:${ansiRegexSource})+|.`, "gu"),
+    ),
+  ]
+    .map(([match]) => match);
+
+  for (const char of chars) {
+    // consume minimum one char
+    if (consumed) {
+      const nextLength = strLength(char);
+      const consumedLength = strLength(consumed);
+      if (consumedLength + nextLength > length) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    consumed += char;
+  }
+
+  return consumed;
+}
diff --git a/table/test/ansi_regex_source_test.ts b/table/test/ansi_regex_source_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c87e831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/test/ansi_regex_source_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { ansiRegexSource } from "../_utils.ts";
+import { assertEquals } from "../../dev_deps.ts";
+
+Deno.test(`table - ansiRegexSource`, () => {
+  const DIGITS = String.raw`\d+`;
+  // All open and close ANSI codes taken from calls to `code(...)` in
+  // https://deno.land/std@0.196.0/fmt/colors.ts
+  const ansiCodes = [
+    { open: [0], close: 0 },
+    { open: [1], close: 22 },
+    { open: [2], close: 22 },
+    { open: [3], close: 23 },
+    { open: [4], close: 24 },
+    { open: [7], close: 27 },
+    { open: [8], close: 28 },
+    { open: [9], close: 29 },
+    { open: [30], close: 39 },
+    { open: [31], close: 39 },
+    { open: [32], close: 39 },
+    { open: [33], close: 39 },
+    { open: [34], close: 39 },
+    { open: [35], close: 39 },
+    { open: [36], close: 39 },
+    { open: [37], close: 39 },
+    { open: [90], close: 39 },
+    { open: [91], close: 39 },
+    { open: [92], close: 39 },
+    { open: [93], close: 39 },
+    { open: [94], close: 39 },
+    { open: [95], close: 39 },
+    { open: [96], close: 39 },
+    { open: [97], close: 39 },
+    { open: [40], close: 49 },
+    { open: [41], close: 49 },
+    { open: [42], close: 49 },
+    { open: [43], close: 49 },
+    { open: [44], close: 49 },
+    { open: [45], close: 49 },
+    { open: [46], close: 49 },
+    { open: [47], close: 49 },
+    { open: [100], close: 49 },
+    { open: [101], close: 49 },
+    { open: [102], close: 49 },
+    { open: [103], close: 49 },
+    { open: [104], close: 49 },
+    { open: [105], close: 49 },
+    { open: [106], close: 49 },
+    { open: [107], close: 49 },
+    { open: [38, 5, DIGITS], close: 39 },
+    { open: [48, 5, DIGITS], close: 49 },
+    { open: [38, 2, DIGITS, DIGITS, DIGITS], close: 39 },
+    { open: [48, 2, DIGITS, DIGITS, DIGITS], close: 49 },
+  ];
+
+  const expect = String.raw`\x1b\[(?:${
+    [...new Set(ansiCodes.map(({ close }) => close))]
+      .map((kind) => {
+        const opens = ansiCodes
+          .filter(({ close }) => close === kind)
+          .map(({ open }) => open.join(";"));
+
+        return String.raw`(?<_${kind}>${
+          [...new Set([String(kind), ...opens])].sort((a, b) =>
+            a.localeCompare(b, "en-US", { numeric: true })
+          ).join("|")
+        })`;
+      })
+      .join("|")
+  })m`;
+
+  assertEquals(ansiRegexSource, expect);
+});
diff --git a/table/test/ansi_wrapping_within_cell_test.ts b/table/test/ansi_wrapping_within_cell_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62615420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/test/ansi_wrapping_within_cell_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { Table } from "../table.ts";
+import { assertEquals } from "../../dev_deps.ts";
+
+const tests: {
+  description: string;
+  content: string[];
+  width: number;
+  expect: string;
+}[] = [
+  {
+    description: "wrapping of ANSI codes within cell",
+    // colors.red("Hello, world!")
+    content: ["\x1b[31mHello, world!\x1b[39m"],
+    width: 6,
+    expect: `
+┌────────┐
+│ \x1b[31mHello,\x1b[39m │
+│ \x1b[31mworld!\x1b[39m │
+└────────┘`.slice(1),
+  },
+  {
+    description: "wrapping of chained ANSI codes within cell",
+    // colors.cyan.bold.underline("Hello, world!")
+    content: ["\x1b[4m\x1b[1m\x1b[36mHello, world!\x1b[39m\x1b[22m\x1b[24m"],
+    width: 6,
+    expect: `
+┌────────┐
+│ \x1b[4m\x1b[1m\x1b[36mHello,\x1b[39m\x1b[22m\x1b[24m │
+│ \x1b[4m\x1b[1m\x1b[36mworld!\x1b[39m\x1b[22m\x1b[24m │
+└────────┘`.slice(1),
+  },
+  {
+    description: "wrapping of chained ANSI codes with intra-word line breaking",
+    // colors.cyan("Wrapping over multiple lines")
+    content: ["\x1b[36mWrapping over multiple lines\x1b[39m"],
+    width: 6,
+    expect: `
+┌────────┐
+│ \x1b[36mWrappi\x1b[39m │
+│ \x1b[36mng\x1b[39m     │
+│ \x1b[36mover\x1b[39m   │
+│ \x1b[36mmultip\x1b[39m │
+│ \x1b[36mle\x1b[39m     │
+│ \x1b[36mlines\x1b[39m  │
+└────────┘`.slice(1),
+  },
+  {
+    description: "wrapping of nested ANSI color codes within cell",
+    // colors.red(`Red ${colors.yellow("and yellow")} text`)
+    content: [
+      "\x1b[31mRed \x1b[33mand yellow\x1b[31m text\x1b[39m",
+      "Cell 2",
+    ],
+    width: 12,
+    expect: `
+┌──────────────┬────────┐
+│ \x1b[31mRed \x1b[33mand\x1b[39m      │ Cell 2 │
+│ \x1b[33myellow\x1b[31m text\x1b[39m  │        │
+└──────────────┴────────┘`.slice(1),
+  },
+  {
+    description: "wrapping of nested mixed ANSI codes within cell",
+    // colors.rgb24(`Colorful ${colors.underline("and underlined")} text`, 0xff8800)
+    content: [
+      "\x1b[38;2;255;136;0mColorful \x1b[4mand underlined\x1b[24m text\x1b[39m",
+    ],
+    width: 15,
+    expect: `
+┌─────────────────┐
+│ \x1b[38;2;255;136;0mColorful \x1b[4mand\x1b[24m\x1b[39m    │
+│ \x1b[38;2;255;136;0m\x1b[4munderlined\x1b[24m text\x1b[39m │
+└─────────────────┘`.slice(1),
+  },
+];
+
+for (const { description, content, width, expect } of tests) {
+  const actual = Table.from([content])
+    .border(true)
+    .columns([{ maxWidth: width, minWidth: width }])
+    .toString();
+
+  // // Uncomment for visual checking of output
+  // console.log(`actual\n${actual}`);
+  // console.log(`expect\n${expect}`);
+  // console.log(JSON.stringify({ actual, expect }, null, '\t'));
+
+  Deno.test(`table - ${description}`, () => {
+    assertEquals(actual, expect);
+  });
+}