diff --git a/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3.rb b/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3.rb
index b0b36fc1..68c46984 100644
--- a/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3.rb
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ def dump_summary(summary)
         private
 
         def interactions_count(summary)
-          summary.examples.collect{ |e| e.metadata[:pact_interaction_example_description] }.uniq.size
+          summary.examples.collect{ |e| interaction_unique_key(e) }.uniq.size
         end
 
         def failed_interactions_count(summary)
-          summary.failed_examples.collect{ |e| e.metadata[:pact_interaction_example_description] }.uniq.size
+          failed_interaction_examples(summary).size
+        end
+
+        def pending_interactions_count(summary)
+          pending_interaction_examples(summary).size
         end
 
         def ignore_failures?(summary)
@@ -66,16 +70,14 @@ def ignore_failures?(summary)
         end
 
         def failure_title summary
-          if ignore_failures?(summary)
-            "#{failed_interactions_count(summary)} pending"
-          else
-            ::RSpec::Core::Formatters::Helpers.pluralize(failed_interactions_count(summary), "failure")
-          end
+          ::RSpec::Core::Formatters::Helpers.pluralize(failed_interactions_count(summary), "failure")
         end
 
         def totals_line summary
           line = ::RSpec::Core::Formatters::Helpers.pluralize(interactions_count(summary), "interaction")
           line << ", " << failure_title(summary)
+          pending_count = pending_interactions_count(summary)
+          line << ", " << "#{pending_count} pending" if pending_count > 0
           line
         end
 
@@ -88,12 +90,17 @@ def color_for_summary summary
         end
 
         def print_rerun_commands summary
-          if ignore_failures?(summary)
+          if pending_interactions_count(summary) > 0
+            set_rspec_failure_color(:yellow)
             output.puts("\nPending interactions: (Failures listed here are expected and do not affect your suite's status)\n\n")
-          else
-            output.puts("\nFailed interactions:\n\n")
+            interaction_rerun_commands(pending_interaction_examples(summary)).each do | message |
+              output.puts(message)
+            end
           end
-          interaction_rerun_commands(summary).each do | message |
+
+          set_rspec_failure_color(:red)
+          output.puts("\nFailed interactions:\n\n")
+          interaction_rerun_commands(failed_interaction_examples(summary)).each do | message |
             output.puts(message)
           end
         end
@@ -104,10 +111,34 @@ def print_missing_provider_states
           end
         end
 
-        def interaction_rerun_commands summary
-          summary.failed_examples.collect do |example|
+        def pending_interaction_examples(summary)
+          one_failed_example_per_interaction(summary).select do | example |
+            example.metadata[:pactfile_uri].metadata[:pending]
+          end
+        end
+
+        def failed_interaction_examples(summary)
+          one_failed_example_per_interaction(summary).select do | example |
+            !example.metadata[:pactfile_uri].metadata[:pending]
+          end
+        end
+
+        def one_failed_example_per_interaction(summary)
+          summary.failed_examples.group_by{| e| interaction_unique_key(e)}.values.collect(&:first)
+        end
+
+        def interaction_rerun_commands examples
+          examples.collect do |example|
             interaction_rerun_command_for example
-          end.uniq.compact
+          end.compact
+        end
+
+        def interaction_unique_key(example)
+          # pending is just to make the counting easier, it isn't required for the unique key
+          {
+            pactfile_uri: example.metadata[:pactfile_uri],
+            index: example.metadata[:pact_interaction].index,
+          }
         end
 
         def interaction_rerun_command_for example
@@ -156,6 +187,10 @@ def colorizer
         def executing_with_ruby?
           ENV['PACT_EXECUTING_LANGUAGE'] == 'ruby'
         end
+
+        def set_rspec_failure_color color
+          ::RSpec.configuration.failure_color = color
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3_spec.rb
index 3194335d..791bfbf7 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/provider/rspec/formatter_rspec_3_spec.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ module RSpec
         describe Formatter do
 
           let(:interaction) { InteractionFactory.create 'provider_state' => 'a state', 'description' => 'a description', '_id' => id, 'index' => 2 }
+          let(:interaction_2) { InteractionFactory.create 'provider_state' => 'a state', 'description' => 'a description 2', '_id' => "#{id}2", 'index' => 3 }
           let(:id) { nil }
-          let(:pactfile_uri) { 'pact_file_uri' }
+          let(:pactfile_uri) { Pact::Provider::PactURI.new('pact_file_uri') }
           let(:description) { 'an interaction' }
           let(:pact_json) { {some: 'pact json'}.to_json }
           let(:metadata) do
@@ -21,10 +22,10 @@ module RSpec
               pactfile_uri: pactfile_uri,
               pact_interaction_example_description: description,
               pact_json: pact_json,
-              pact_ignore_failures: ignore_failures
+              pact_ignore_failures: ignore_failures,
             }
           end
-          let(:metadata_2) { metadata.merge(pact_interaction_example_description: 'another interaction')}
+          let(:metadata_2) { metadata.merge(pact_interaction: interaction_2)}
           let(:example) { double("Example", metadata: metadata) }
           let(:example_2) { double("Example", metadata: metadata_2) }
           let(:failed_examples) { [example, example] }
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ module RSpec
             allow(Pact::Provider::Help::PromptText).to receive(:call).and_return("some help")
             allow(subject).to receive(:failed_examples).and_return(failed_examples)
             allow(Pact.provider_world.provider_states).to receive(:missing_provider_states).and_return(missing_provider_states)
+            allow(subject).to receive(:set_rspec_failure_color)
             subject.dump_summary summary
           end
 
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ module RSpec
             end
 
             context "when ignore_failures is true" do
-              let(:ignore_failures) { true }
+              let(:pactfile_uri) { Pact::Provider::PactURI.new('pact_file_uri', {}, { pending: true}) }
 
               it "reports failures as pending" do
                 expect(output_result).to include("1 pending")