diff --git a/src/format/table.rs b/src/format/table.rs
index c01d24ca4e..db126b9d1b 100644
--- a/src/format/table.rs
+++ b/src/format/table.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::format::{RenderView, consts};
 use crate::object::Value;
 use crate::prelude::*;
-use ansi_term::Color;
 use derive_new::new;
 use textwrap::fill;
 
@@ -9,8 +8,11 @@ use prettytable::{color, Attr, Cell, Row, Table};
 
 #[derive(Debug, new)]
 pub struct TableView {
+    // List of header cell values:
     headers: Vec<String>,
-    entries: Vec<Vec<String>>,
+
+    // List of rows of cells, each containing value and prettytable style-string:
+    entries: Vec<Vec<(String, &'static str)>>,
 }
 
 impl TableView {
@@ -40,21 +42,26 @@ impl TableView {
         let mut entries = vec![];
 
         for (idx, value) in values.iter().enumerate() {
-            let mut row: Vec<String> = match value {
+            let mut row: Vec<(String, &'static str)> = match value {
                 Tagged {
                     item: Value::Object(..),
                     ..
                 } => headers
                     .iter()
                     .enumerate()
-                    .map(|(i, d)| value.get_data(d).borrow().format_leaf(Some(&headers[i])))
+                    .map(|(i, d)| { 
+                        let data = value.get_data(d);
+                        return (data.borrow().format_leaf(Some(&headers[i])), data.borrow().style_leaf());
+                    })
                     .collect(),
-                x => vec![x.format_leaf(None)],
+                x => vec![(x.format_leaf(None), x.style_leaf())],
             };
 
             if values.len() > 1 {
-                row.insert(0, format!("{}", idx.to_string()));
+                // Indices are black, bold, right-aligned:
+                row.insert(0, (format!("{}", idx.to_string()), "Fdbr"));
             }
+
             entries.push(row);
         }
 
@@ -65,13 +72,15 @@ impl TableView {
         }
 
         for head in 0..headers.len() {
-            let mut current_row_max = 0;
+            let mut current_col_max = 0;
             for row in 0..values.len() {
-                if entries[row][head].len() > current_row_max {
-                    current_row_max = entries[row][head].len();
+                let value_length = entries[row][head].0.len();
+                if value_length > current_col_max {
+                    current_col_max = value_length;
                 }
             }
-            max_per_column.push(std::cmp::max(current_row_max, headers[head].len()));
+
+            max_per_column.push(std::cmp::max(current_col_max, headers[head].len()));
         }
 
         // Different platforms want different amounts of buffer, not sure why
@@ -89,7 +98,7 @@ impl TableView {
 
             headers.push("...".to_string());
             for row in 0..entries.len() {
-                entries[row].push("...".to_string());
+                entries[row].push(("...".to_string(), "c")); // ellipsis is centred
             }
         }
 
@@ -166,19 +175,11 @@ impl TableView {
             if max_per_column[head] > max_naive_column_width {
                 headers[head] = fill(&headers[head], max_column_width);
                 for row in 0..entries.len() {
-                    entries[row][head] = fill(&entries[row][head], max_column_width);
+                    entries[row][head].0 = fill(&entries[row][head].0, max_column_width);
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        // Paint the number column, if it exists
-        if entries.len() > 1 {
-            for row in 0..entries.len() {
-                entries[row][0] =
-                    format!("{}", Color::Black.bold().paint(entries[row][0].to_string()));
-            }
-        }
-
         Some(TableView { headers, entries })
     }
 }
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ impl RenderView for TableView {
         table.set_titles(Row::new(header));
 
         for row in &self.entries {
-            table.add_row(Row::new(row.iter().map(|h| Cell::new(h)).collect()));
+            table.add_row(Row::new(row.iter().map(|(v, s)| Cell::new(v).style_spec(s)).collect()));
         }
 
         table.print_term(&mut *host.out_terminal()).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/object/base.rs b/src/object/base.rs
index ea86386c6c..56c63d257b 100644
--- a/src/object/base.rs
+++ b/src/object/base.rs
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ impl Primitive {
                 let byte = byte_unit::Byte::from_bytes(*b as u128);
 
                 if byte.get_bytes() == 0u128 {
-                    return "<empty>".to_string();
+                    return "—".to_string();
                 }
 
                 let byte = byte.get_appropriate_unit(false);
 
                 match byte.get_unit() {
-                    byte_unit::ByteUnit::B => format!("{}", byte.format(0)),
+                    byte_unit::ByteUnit::B => format!("{} B ", byte.get_value()),
                     _ => format!("{}", byte.format(1)),
                 }
             }
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ impl Primitive {
             Primitive::Date(d) => format!("{}", d.humanize()),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn style(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Primitive::Bytes(0) => "c", // centre 'missing' indicator
+            Primitive::Int(_) |
+            Primitive::Bytes(_) |
+            Primitive::Float(_) => "r",
+            _ => ""
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Clone, new, Serialize)]
@@ -459,6 +469,13 @@ impl Value {
         }
     }
 
+    crate fn style_leaf(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Value::Primitive(p) => p.style(),
+            _ => ""
+        }
+    }
+
     #[allow(unused)]
     crate fn compare(&self, operator: &Operator, other: &Value) -> Result<bool, (String, String)> {
         match operator {