diff -r e2f24eea8543 -r 2bba68ef47c1 java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java
--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java	Sat Aug 15 10:20:39 2015 +0200
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java	Sat Aug 15 10:34:18 2015 +0200
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
  * @see TabularPrefetchingFormatter
  * @see TabularWrappingFormatter
  */
-@PropertyDeclaration(name = COLORFUL, type = Boolean.class, description = COLORFUL_DESCRIPTION)
-@PropertyDeclaration(name = TabularFormatter.PROPERTY_ASCII, type = Boolean.class, description = "whether to use ASCII table borders instead of unicode ones")
-@PropertyDeclaration(name = TabularFormatter.PROPERTY_TRIM, type = Boolean.class, description = "whether to trim the values to fit the column width")
+@PropertyDeclaration(name = COLORFUL, defaultValue = "true", type = Boolean.class, description = COLORFUL_DESCRIPTION)
+@PropertyDeclaration(name = TabularFormatter.PROPERTY_ASCII, defaultValue = "false", type = Boolean.class, description = "whether to use ASCII table borders instead of unicode ones")
+@PropertyDeclaration(name = TabularFormatter.PROPERTY_TRIM, defaultValue = "false", type = Boolean.class, description = "whether to trim the values to fit the column width")
 public class TabularFormatter extends AbstractFormatter {
 
 	public static final String NAME = "tabular"; // bash-completion:formatter