diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e778496f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#pragma once
+
+
+namespace spdlog {
+namespace sinks {
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::wincolor_sink()
+		: out_handle_(TargetStream::handle())
+        , mutex_(ConsoleMutex::mutex())
+{
+    colors_[level::trace] = WHITE;
+    colors_[level::debug] = CYAN;
+    colors_[level::info] = GREEN;
+    colors_[level::warn] = YELLOW | BOLD;
+    colors_[level::err] = RED | BOLD;                         // red bold
+    colors_[level::critical] = BACKGROUND_RED | WHITE | BOLD; // white bold on red background
+    colors_[level::off] = 0;
+}
+
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+SPDLOG_INLINE SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::~wincolor_sink()
+{
+    this->flush();
+}
+
+// change the color for the given level
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+void SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::set_color(level::level_enum level, WORD color)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
+    colors_[level] = color;
+}
+
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+void SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::log(const details::log_msg &msg)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
+    fmt::memory_buffer formatted;
+    formatter_->format(msg, formatted);
+    if (msg.color_range_end > msg.color_range_start)
+    {
+        // before color range
+        print_range_(formatted, 0, msg.color_range_start);
+
+        // in color range
+        auto orig_attribs = set_console_attribs(colors_[msg.level]);
+        print_range_(formatted, msg.color_range_start, msg.color_range_end);
+        ::SetConsoleTextAttribute(out_handle_,
+            orig_attribs); // reset to orig colors
+                            // after color range
+        print_range_(formatted, msg.color_range_end, formatted.size());
+    }
+    else // print without colors if color range is invalid
+    {
+        print_range_(formatted, 0, formatted.size());
+    }
+}
+
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+void SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::flush()
+{
+    // windows console always flushed?
+}
+
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+void SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::set_pattern(const std::string &pattern)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
+    formatter_ = std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter>(new pattern_formatter(pattern));
+}
+
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+void SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter> sink_formatter)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
+    formatter_ = std::move(sink_formatter);
+}
+    
+// set color and return the orig console attributes (for resetting later)
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+WORD SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::set_console_attribs(WORD attribs)
+{
+    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO orig_buffer_info;
+    ::GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(out_handle_, &orig_buffer_info);
+    WORD back_color = orig_buffer_info.wAttributes;
+    // retrieve the current background color
+    back_color &= static_cast<WORD>(~(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY));
+    // keep the background color unchanged
+    ::SetConsoleTextAttribute(out_handle_, attribs | back_color);
+    return orig_buffer_info.wAttributes; // return orig attribs
+}
+
+// print a range of formatted message to console
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
+void SPDLOG_INLINE wincolor_sink<TargetStream, ConsoleMutex>::print_range_(const fmt::memory_buffer &formatted, size_t start, size_t end)
+{
+    auto size = static_cast<DWORD>(end - start);
+    ::WriteConsoleA(out_handle_, formatted.data() + start, size, nullptr, nullptr);
+}
+
+}
+} // namespace spdlog
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diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h
index 70ee4a60..fd17b3d6 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace sinks {
  * Windows color console sink. Uses WriteConsoleA to write to the console with
  * colors
  */
-template<typename OutHandle, typename ConsoleMutex>
+template<typename TargetStream, typename ConsoleMutex>
 class wincolor_sink : public sink
 {
 public:
@@ -35,100 +35,30 @@ public:
     const WORD WHITE = FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE;
     const WORD YELLOW = FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN;
 
-    wincolor_sink()
-        : out_handle_(OutHandle::handle())
-        , mutex_(ConsoleMutex::mutex())
-    {
-        colors_[level::trace] = WHITE;
-        colors_[level::debug] = CYAN;
-        colors_[level::info] = GREEN;
-        colors_[level::warn] = YELLOW | BOLD;
-        colors_[level::err] = RED | BOLD;                         // red bold
-        colors_[level::critical] = BACKGROUND_RED | WHITE | BOLD; // white bold on red background
-        colors_[level::off] = 0;
-    }
-
-    ~wincolor_sink() override
-    {
-        this->flush();
-    }
+    wincolor_sink();    
+    ~wincolor_sink() override;
 
     wincolor_sink(const wincolor_sink &other) = delete;
     wincolor_sink &operator=(const wincolor_sink &other) = delete;
 
     // change the color for the given level
-    void set_color(level::level_enum level, WORD color)
-    {
-        std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
-        colors_[level] = color;
-    }
-
-    void log(const details::log_msg &msg) final override
-    {
-        std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
-        fmt::memory_buffer formatted;
-        formatter_->format(msg, formatted);
-        if (msg.color_range_end > msg.color_range_start)
-        {
-            // before color range
-            print_range_(formatted, 0, msg.color_range_start);
-
-            // in color range
-            auto orig_attribs = set_console_attribs(colors_[msg.level]);
-            print_range_(formatted, msg.color_range_start, msg.color_range_end);
-            ::SetConsoleTextAttribute(out_handle_,
-                orig_attribs); // reset to orig colors
-                               // after color range
-            print_range_(formatted, msg.color_range_end, formatted.size());
-        }
-        else // print without colors if color range is invalid
-        {
-            print_range_(formatted, 0, formatted.size());
-        }
-    }
-
-    void flush() final override
-    {
-        // windows console always flushed?
-    }
-
-    void set_pattern(const std::string &pattern) override final
-    {
-        std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
-        formatter_ = std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter>(new pattern_formatter(pattern));
-    }
-
-    void set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter> sink_formatter) override final
-    {
-        std::lock_guard<mutex_t> lock(mutex_);
-        formatter_ = std::move(sink_formatter);
-    }
+    void set_color(level::level_enum level, WORD color);    
+    void log(const details::log_msg &msg) final override;    
+    void flush() final override;    
+    void set_pattern(const std::string &pattern) override final;    
+    void set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter> sink_formatter) override final;
+    
 
 private:
-    using mutex_t = typename ConsoleMutex::mutex_t;
-    // set color and return the orig console attributes (for resetting later)
-    WORD set_console_attribs(WORD attribs)
-    {
-        CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO orig_buffer_info;
-        ::GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(out_handle_, &orig_buffer_info);
-        WORD back_color = orig_buffer_info.wAttributes;
-        // retrieve the current background color
-        back_color &= static_cast<WORD>(~(FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY));
-        // keep the background color unchanged
-        ::SetConsoleTextAttribute(out_handle_, attribs | back_color);
-        return orig_buffer_info.wAttributes; // return orig attribs
-    }
-
-    // print a range of formatted message to console
-    void print_range_(const fmt::memory_buffer &formatted, size_t start, size_t end)
-    {
-        auto size = static_cast<DWORD>(end - start);
-        ::WriteConsoleA(out_handle_, formatted.data() + start, size, nullptr, nullptr);
-    }
-
+    using mutex_t = typename ConsoleMutex::mutex_t;        
     HANDLE out_handle_;
     mutex_t &mutex_;
     std::unordered_map<level::level_enum, WORD, level::level_hasher> colors_;
+
+	// set color and return the orig console attributes (for resetting later)
+    WORD set_console_attribs(WORD attribs);
+    // print a range of formatted message to console
+    void print_range_(const fmt::memory_buffer &formatted, size_t start, size_t end);
 };
 
 using wincolor_stdout_sink_mt = wincolor_sink<details::console_stdout, details::console_mutex>;
diff --git a/src/spdlog.cpp b/src/spdlog.cpp
index 83299175..319956a4 100644
--- a/src/spdlog.cpp
+++ b/src/spdlog.cpp
@@ -56,12 +56,22 @@ template class spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink<spdlog::details::null_mutex>;
 #include "spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h"
 template class spdlog::details::mpmc_blocking_queue<spdlog::details::async_msg>;
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
 #include "spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/ansicolor_sink-inl.h"
 template class spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stdout, spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
 template class spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stdout, spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;
 template class spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stderr, spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
 template class spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stderr, spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;
+#else
+#include "spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/wincolor_sink-inl.h"
+template class spdlog::sinks::wincolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stdout, spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::wincolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stdout, spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::wincolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stderr, spdlog::details::console_mutex>;
+template class spdlog::sinks::wincolor_sink<spdlog::details::console_stderr, spdlog::details::console_nullmutex>;
+#endif
+
 
 // fmt_helper templates
 #include "spdlog/details/fmt_helper.h"