diff --git a/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
index 6099b5a84..66ee792f8 100644
--- a/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/dircolors.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["colors"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "dircolors"
diff --git a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
index 2e3087d81..58228ddeb 100644
--- a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
+use uucore::colors::FILE_ATTRIBUTE_CODES;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
 use uucore::{help_about, help_section, help_usage};
@@ -276,7 +277,6 @@ enum ParseState {
     Pass,
 }
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use uucore::{format_usage, parse_glob};
 
 #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
@@ -294,45 +294,6 @@ where
         OutputFmt::Unknown => unreachable!(),
     }
 
-    let mut table: HashMap<&str, &str> = HashMap::with_capacity(48);
-    table.insert("normal", "no");
-    table.insert("norm", "no");
-    table.insert("file", "fi");
-    table.insert("reset", "rs");
-    table.insert("dir", "di");
-    table.insert("lnk", "ln");
-    table.insert("link", "ln");
-    table.insert("symlink", "ln");
-    table.insert("orphan", "or");
-    table.insert("missing", "mi");
-    table.insert("fifo", "pi");
-    table.insert("pipe", "pi");
-    table.insert("sock", "so");
-    table.insert("blk", "bd");
-    table.insert("block", "bd");
-    table.insert("chr", "cd");
-    table.insert("char", "cd");
-    table.insert("door", "do");
-    table.insert("exec", "ex");
-    table.insert("left", "lc");
-    table.insert("leftcode", "lc");
-    table.insert("right", "rc");
-    table.insert("rightcode", "rc");
-    table.insert("end", "ec");
-    table.insert("endcode", "ec");
-    table.insert("suid", "su");
-    table.insert("setuid", "su");
-    table.insert("sgid", "sg");
-    table.insert("setgid", "sg");
-    table.insert("sticky", "st");
-    table.insert("other_writable", "ow");
-    table.insert("owr", "ow");
-    table.insert("sticky_other_writable", "tw");
-    table.insert("owt", "tw");
-    table.insert("capability", "ca");
-    table.insert("multihardlink", "mh");
-    table.insert("clrtoeol", "cl");
-
     let term = env::var("TERM").unwrap_or_else(|_| "none".to_owned());
     let term = term.as_str();
 
@@ -384,7 +345,7 @@ where
                     }
                 } else if lower == "options" || lower == "color" || lower == "eightbit" {
                     // Slackware only. Ignore
-                } else if let Some(s) = table.get(lower.as_str()) {
+                } else if let Some(s) = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_CODES.get(lower.as_str()) {
                     if *fmt == OutputFmt::Display {
                         result.push_str(format!("\x1b[{val}m{s}\t{val}\x1b[0m\n").as_str());
                     } else {
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index b43445b4a..44f8bb2d1 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ windows-sys = { workspace = true, optional = true, default-features = false, fea
 default = []
 # * non-default features
 backup-control = []
+colors = []
 encoding = ["data-encoding", "data-encoding-macro", "z85", "thiserror"]
 entries = ["libc"]
 fs = ["dunce", "libc", "winapi-util", "windows-sys"]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs
index 58b0b7570..69be16ba2 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
 /* The keywords COLOR, OPTIONS, and EIGHTBIT (honored by the
  * slackware version of dircolors) are recognized but ignored.
  * Global config options can be specified before TERM or COLORTERM entries
@@ -11,33 +14,41 @@
  * COLORTERM ?*
 */
 
-static TERMS: &[&str] = &[
-    "Eterm",
-    "ansi",
-    "*color*",
-    "con[0-9]*x[0-9]*",
-    "cons25",
-    "console",
-    "cygwin",
-    "*direct*",
-    "dtterm",
-    "gnome",
-    "hurd",
-    "jfbterm",
-    "konsole",
-    "kterm",
-    "linux",
-    "linux-c",
-    "mlterm",
-    "putty",
-    "rxvt*",
-    "screen*",
-    "st",
-    "terminator",
-    "tmux*",
-    "vt100",
-    "xterm*",
-];
+pub static TERMS: Lazy<HashMap<&str, &str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    let mut m = HashMap::new();
+    [
+        "Eterm",
+        "ansi",
+        "*color*",
+        "con[0-9]*x[0-9]*",
+        "cons25",
+        "console",
+        "cygwin",
+        "*direct*",
+        "dtterm",
+        "gnome",
+        "hurd",
+        "jfbterm",
+        "konsole",
+        "kterm",
+        "linux",
+        "linux-c",
+        "mlterm",
+        "putty",
+        "rxvt*",
+        "screen*",
+        "st",
+        "terminator",
+        "tmux*",
+        "vt100",
+        "xterm*",
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .for_each(|&term| {
+        m.insert(term, "");
+    });
+    m
+});
 
 /*
 # Below are the color init strings for the basic file types.
@@ -53,173 +64,238 @@ static TERMS: &[&str] = &[
 #NORMAL 00 # no color code at all
 #FILE 00 # regular file: use no color at all
 */
-static FILE_TYPES: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
-    ("RESET", "0"),                     // reset to "normal" color
-    ("DIR", "01;34"),                   // directory
-    ("LINK", "01;36"),                  // symbolic link
-    ("MULTIHARDLINK", "00"),            // regular file with more than one link
-    ("FIFO", "40;33"),                  // pipe
-    ("SOCK", "01;35"),                  // socket
-    ("DOOR", "01;35"),                  // door
-    ("BLK", "40;33;01"),                // block device driver
-    ("CHR", "40;33;01"),                // character device driver
-    ("ORPHAN", "40;31;01"),             // symlink to nonexistent file, or non-stat'able file
-    ("MISSING", "00"),                  // ... and the files they point to
-    ("SETUID", "37;41"),                // file that is setuid (u+s)
-    ("SETGID", "30;43"),                // file that is setgid (g+s)
-    ("CAPABILITY", "00"),               // file with capability
-    ("STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE", "30;42"), // dir that is sticky and other-writable (+t,o+w)
-    ("OTHER_WRITABLE", "34;42"),        // dir that is other-writable (o+w) and not sticky
-    ("STICKY", "37;44"),                // dir with the sticky bit set (+t) and not other-writable
-    ("EXEC", "01;32"),                  // files with execute permission
-];
+// FILE_TYPES with Lazy initialization
+pub static FILE_TYPES: Lazy<HashMap<&str, &str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    let mut m = HashMap::new();
+    [
+        ("RESET", "0"),                     // reset to "normal" color
+        ("DIR", "01;34"),                   // directory
+        ("LINK", "01;36"),                  // symbolic link
+        ("MULTIHARDLINK", "00"),            // regular file with more than one link
+        ("FIFO", "40;33"),                  // pipe
+        ("SOCK", "01;35"),                  // socket
+        ("DOOR", "01;35"),                  // door
+        ("BLK", "40;33;01"),                // block device driver
+        ("CHR", "40;33;01"),                // character device driver
+        ("ORPHAN", "40;31;01"),             // symlink to nonexistent file, or non-stat'able file
+        ("MISSING", "00"),                  // ... and the files they point to
+        ("SETUID", "37;41"),                // file that is setuid (u+s)
+        ("SETGID", "30;43"),                // file that is setgid (g+s)
+        ("CAPABILITY", "00"),               // file with capability
+        ("STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE", "30;42"), // dir that is sticky and other-writable (+t,o+w)
+        ("OTHER_WRITABLE", "34;42"),        // dir that is other-writable (o+w) and not sticky
+        ("STICKY", "37;44"), // dir with the sticky bit set (+t) and not other-writable
+        ("EXEC", "01;32"),   // files with execute permission
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .for_each(|&(k, v)| {
+        m.insert(k, v);
+    });
+    m
+});
 
 /*
 # List any file extensions like '.gz' or '.tar' that you would like ls
 # to color below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.
 # (and any comments you want to add after a '#')
 */
-static FILE_COLORS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
-    // Executables (Windows)
-    (".cmd", "01;32"),
-    (".exe", "01;32"),
-    (".com", "01;32"),
-    (".btm", "01;32"),
-    (".bat", "01;32"),
-    (".sh", "01;32"),
-    (".csh", "01;32"),
-    // Archives or compressed
-    (".tar", "01;31"),
-    (".tgz", "01;31"),
-    (".arc", "01;31"),
-    (".arj", "01;31"),
-    (".taz", "01;31"),
-    (".lha", "01;31"),
-    (".lz4", "01;31"),
-    (".lzh", "01;31"),
-    (".lzma", "01;31"),
-    (".tlz", "01;31"),
-    (".txz", "01;31"),
-    (".tzo", "01;31"),
-    (".t7z", "01;31"),
-    (".zip", "01;31"),
-    (".z", "01;31"),
-    (".dz", "01;31"),
-    (".gz", "01;31"),
-    (".lrz", "01;31"),
-    (".lz", "01;31"),
-    (".lzo", "01;31"),
-    (".xz", "01;31"),
-    (".zst", "01;31"),
-    (".tzst", "01;31"),
-    (".bz2", "01;31"),
-    (".bz", "01;31"),
-    (".tbz", "01;31"),
-    (".tbz2", "01;31"),
-    (".tz", "01;31"),
-    (".deb", "01;31"),
-    (".rpm", "01;31"),
-    (".jar", "01;31"),
-    (".war", "01;31"),
-    (".ear", "01;31"),
-    (".sar", "01;31"),
-    (".rar", "01;31"),
-    (".alz", "01;31"),
-    (".ace", "01;31"),
-    (".zoo", "01;31"),
-    (".cpio", "01;31"),
-    (".7z", "01;31"),
-    (".rz", "01;31"),
-    (".cab", "01;31"),
-    (".wim", "01;31"),
-    (".swm", "01;31"),
-    (".dwm", "01;31"),
-    (".esd", "01;31"),
-    // Image formats
-    (".avif", "01;35"),
-    (".jpg", "01;35"),
-    (".jpeg", "01;35"),
-    (".mjpg", "01;35"),
-    (".mjpeg", "01;35"),
-    (".gif", "01;35"),
-    (".bmp", "01;35"),
-    (".pbm", "01;35"),
-    (".pgm", "01;35"),
-    (".ppm", "01;35"),
-    (".tga", "01;35"),
-    (".xbm", "01;35"),
-    (".xpm", "01;35"),
-    (".tif", "01;35"),
-    (".tiff", "01;35"),
-    (".png", "01;35"),
-    (".svg", "01;35"),
-    (".svgz", "01;35"),
-    (".mng", "01;35"),
-    (".pcx", "01;35"),
-    (".mov", "01;35"),
-    (".mpg", "01;35"),
-    (".mpeg", "01;35"),
-    (".m2v", "01;35"),
-    (".mkv", "01;35"),
-    (".webm", "01;35"),
-    (".webp", "01;35"),
-    (".ogm", "01;35"),
-    (".mp4", "01;35"),
-    (".m4v", "01;35"),
-    (".mp4v", "01;35"),
-    (".vob", "01;35"),
-    (".qt", "01;35"),
-    (".nuv", "01;35"),
-    (".wmv", "01;35"),
-    (".asf", "01;35"),
-    (".rm", "01;35"),
-    (".rmvb", "01;35"),
-    (".flc", "01;35"),
-    (".avi", "01;35"),
-    (".fli", "01;35"),
-    (".flv", "01;35"),
-    (".gl", "01;35"),
-    (".dl", "01;35"),
-    (".xcf", "01;35"),
-    (".xwd", "01;35"),
-    (".yuv", "01;35"),
-    (".cgm", "01;35"),
-    (".emf", "01;35"),
-    (".ogv", "01;35"),
-    (".ogx", "01;35"),
-    // Audio formats
-    (".aac", "00;36"),
-    (".au", "00;36"),
-    (".flac", "00;36"),
-    (".m4a", "00;36"),
-    (".mid", "00;36"),
-    (".midi", "00;36"),
-    (".mka", "00;36"),
-    (".mp3", "00;36"),
-    (".mpc", "00;36"),
-    (".ogg", "00;36"),
-    (".ra", "00;36"),
-    (".wav", "00;36"),
-    (".oga", "00;36"),
-    (".opus", "00;36"),
-    (".spx", "00;36"),
-    (".xspf", "00;36"),
-    // Backup files
-    ("*~", "00;90"),
-    ("*#", "00;90"),
-    (".bak", "00;90"),
-    (".old", "00;90"),
-    (".orig", "00;90"),
-    (".part", "00;90"),
-    (".rej", "00;90"),
-    (".swp", "00;90"),
-    (".tmp", "00;90"),
-    (".dpkg-dist", "00;90"),
-    (".dpkg-old", "00;90"),
-    (".ucf-dist", "00;90"),
-    (".ucf-new", "00;90"),
-    (".ucf-old", "00;90"),
-    (".rpmnew", "00;90"),
-    (".rpmorig", "00;90"),
-    (".rpmsave", "00;90"),
-];
+pub static FILE_COLORS: Lazy<HashMap<&str, &str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    let mut m = HashMap::new();
+    [
+        // Executables (Windows)
+        (".cmd", "01;32"),
+        (".exe", "01;32"),
+        (".com", "01;32"),
+        (".btm", "01;32"),
+        (".bat", "01;32"),
+        (".sh", "01;32"),
+        (".csh", "01;32"),
+        // Archives or compressed
+        (".tar", "01;31"),
+        (".tgz", "01;31"),
+        (".arc", "01;31"),
+        (".arj", "01;31"),
+        (".taz", "01;31"),
+        (".lha", "01;31"),
+        (".lz4", "01;31"),
+        (".lzh", "01;31"),
+        (".lzma", "01;31"),
+        (".tlz", "01;31"),
+        (".txz", "01;31"),
+        (".tzo", "01;31"),
+        (".t7z", "01;31"),
+        (".zip", "01;31"),
+        (".z", "01;31"),
+        (".dz", "01;31"),
+        (".gz", "01;31"),
+        (".lrz", "01;31"),
+        (".lz", "01;31"),
+        (".lzo", "01;31"),
+        (".xz", "01;31"),
+        (".zst", "01;31"),
+        (".tzst", "01;31"),
+        (".bz2", "01;31"),
+        (".bz", "01;31"),
+        (".tbz", "01;31"),
+        (".tbz2", "01;31"),
+        (".tz", "01;31"),
+        (".deb", "01;31"),
+        (".rpm", "01;31"),
+        (".jar", "01;31"),
+        (".war", "01;31"),
+        (".ear", "01;31"),
+        (".sar", "01;31"),
+        (".rar", "01;31"),
+        (".alz", "01;31"),
+        (".ace", "01;31"),
+        (".zoo", "01;31"),
+        (".cpio", "01;31"),
+        (".7z", "01;31"),
+        (".rz", "01;31"),
+        (".cab", "01;31"),
+        (".wim", "01;31"),
+        (".swm", "01;31"),
+        (".dwm", "01;31"),
+        (".esd", "01;31"),
+        // Image formats
+        (".avif", "01;35"),
+        (".jpg", "01;35"),
+        (".jpeg", "01;35"),
+        (".mjpg", "01;35"),
+        (".mjpeg", "01;35"),
+        (".gif", "01;35"),
+        (".bmp", "01;35"),
+        (".pbm", "01;35"),
+        (".pgm", "01;35"),
+        (".ppm", "01;35"),
+        (".tga", "01;35"),
+        (".xbm", "01;35"),
+        (".xpm", "01;35"),
+        (".tif", "01;35"),
+        (".tiff", "01;35"),
+        (".png", "01;35"),
+        (".svg", "01;35"),
+        (".svgz", "01;35"),
+        (".mng", "01;35"),
+        (".pcx", "01;35"),
+        (".mov", "01;35"),
+        (".mpg", "01;35"),
+        (".mpeg", "01;35"),
+        (".m2v", "01;35"),
+        (".mkv", "01;35"),
+        (".webm", "01;35"),
+        (".webp", "01;35"),
+        (".ogm", "01;35"),
+        (".mp4", "01;35"),
+        (".m4v", "01;35"),
+        (".mp4v", "01;35"),
+        (".vob", "01;35"),
+        (".qt", "01;35"),
+        (".nuv", "01;35"),
+        (".wmv", "01;35"),
+        (".asf", "01;35"),
+        (".rm", "01;35"),
+        (".rmvb", "01;35"),
+        (".flc", "01;35"),
+        (".avi", "01;35"),
+        (".fli", "01;35"),
+        (".flv", "01;35"),
+        (".gl", "01;35"),
+        (".dl", "01;35"),
+        (".xcf", "01;35"),
+        (".xwd", "01;35"),
+        (".yuv", "01;35"),
+        (".cgm", "01;35"),
+        (".emf", "01;35"),
+        (".ogv", "01;35"),
+        (".ogx", "01;35"),
+        // Audio formats
+        (".aac", "00;36"),
+        (".au", "00;36"),
+        (".flac", "00;36"),
+        (".m4a", "00;36"),
+        (".mid", "00;36"),
+        (".midi", "00;36"),
+        (".mka", "00;36"),
+        (".mp3", "00;36"),
+        (".mpc", "00;36"),
+        (".ogg", "00;36"),
+        (".ra", "00;36"),
+        (".wav", "00;36"),
+        (".oga", "00;36"),
+        (".opus", "00;36"),
+        (".spx", "00;36"),
+        (".xspf", "00;36"),
+        // Backup files
+        ("*~", "00;90"),
+        ("*#", "00;90"),
+        (".bak", "00;90"),
+        (".old", "00;90"),
+        (".orig", "00;90"),
+        (".part", "00;90"),
+        (".rej", "00;90"),
+        (".swp", "00;90"),
+        (".tmp", "00;90"),
+        (".dpkg-dist", "00;90"),
+        (".dpkg-old", "00;90"),
+        (".ucf-dist", "00;90"),
+        (".ucf-new", "00;90"),
+        (".ucf-old", "00;90"),
+        (".rpmnew", "00;90"),
+        (".rpmorig", "00;90"),
+        (".rpmsave", "00;90"),
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .for_each(|&(k, v)| {
+        m.insert(k, v);
+    });
+    m
+});
+
+pub static FILE_ATTRIBUTE_CODES: Lazy<HashMap<&str, &str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    let mut m = HashMap::new();
+    [
+        ("normal", "no"),
+        ("norm", "no"),
+        ("file", "fi"),
+        ("reset", "rs"),
+        ("dir", "di"),
+        ("lnk", "ln"),
+        ("link", "ln"),
+        ("symlink", "ln"),
+        ("orphan", "or"),
+        ("missing", "mi"),
+        ("fifo", "pi"),
+        ("pipe", "pi"),
+        ("sock", "so"),
+        ("blk", "bd"),
+        ("block", "bd"),
+        ("chr", "cd"),
+        ("char", "cd"),
+        ("door", "do"),
+        ("exec", "ex"),
+        ("left", "lc"),
+        ("leftcode", "lc"),
+        ("right", "rc"),
+        ("rightcode", "rc"),
+        ("end", "ec"),
+        ("endcode", "ec"),
+        ("suid", "su"),
+        ("setuid", "su"),
+        ("sgid", "sg"),
+        ("setgid", "sg"),
+        ("sticky", "st"),
+        ("other_writable", "ow"),
+        ("owr", "ow"),
+        ("sticky_other_writable", "tw"),
+        ("owt", "tw"),
+        ("capability", "ca"),
+        ("multihardlink", "mh"),
+        ("clrtoeol", "cl"),
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .for_each(|&(k, v)| {
+        m.insert(k, v);
+    });
+    m
+});
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index af8668ef0..426b4216c 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ pub use crate::parser::shortcut_value_parser;
 // * feature-gated modules
 #[cfg(feature = "backup-control")]
 pub use crate::features::backup_control;
+#[cfg(feature = "colors")]
+pub use crate::features::colors;
 #[cfg(feature = "encoding")]
 pub use crate::features::encoding;
 #[cfg(feature = "format")]