diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/ApplicationDescription.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/ApplicationDescription.php
index cdf1493c40217..33fd35e6e0c61 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/ApplicationDescription.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/ApplicationDescription.php
@@ -134,15 +134,17 @@ private function inspectApplication()
     private function sortCommands(array $commands)
     {
         $namespacedCommands = array();
+        $globalCommands = array();
         foreach ($commands as $name => $command) {
             $key = $this->application->extractNamespace($name, 1);
             if (!$key) {
-                $key = '_global';
+                $globalCommands['_global'][$name] = $command;
+            } else {
+                $namespacedCommands[$key][$name] = $command;
             }
-
-            $namespacedCommands[$key][$name] = $command;
         }
         ksort($namespacedCommands);
+        $namespacedCommands = array_merge($globalCommands, $namespacedCommands);
 
         foreach ($namespacedCommands as &$commands) {
             ksort($commands);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
index 72c485bbe9615..798d5820c7e7f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
@@ -195,13 +195,15 @@ protected function describeApplication(Application $application, array $options
             // add commands by namespace
             foreach ($description->getNamespaces() as $namespace) {
                 if (!$describedNamespace && ApplicationDescription::GLOBAL_NAMESPACE !== $namespace['id']) {
-                    $this->writeText("\n");
-                    $this->writeText('<comment>'.$namespace['id'].'</comment>', $options);
+                    $this->writeText("\n<comment>", $options);
+                    $this->writeText($namespace['id'], array_merge($options, array('raw_output' => true)));
+                    $this->writeText("</comment>", $options);
                 }
 
                 foreach ($namespace['commands'] as $name) {
-                    $this->writeText("\n");
-                    $this->writeText(sprintf(" <info>%-${width}s</info> %s", $name, $description->getCommand($name)->getDescription()), $options);
+                    $this->writeText("\n <info>", $options);
+                    $this->writeText(sprintf("%-${width}s", $name), array_merge($options, array('raw_output' => true)));
+                    $this->writeText(sprintf("</info> %s", $description->getCommand($name)->getDescription()), $options);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/ListCommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/ListCommandTest.php
index fbb9feeb68731..9e099eb4eec4d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/ListCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/ListCommandTest.php
@@ -61,4 +61,17 @@ public function testExecuteListsCommandsWithNamespaceArgument()
 
         $this->assertEquals($output, $commandTester->getDisplay(true));
     }
+
+    public function testExecuteListsCommandsNameAndNamespaceRaw()
+    {
+        require_once realpath(__DIR__.'/../Fixtures/Foo6Command.php');
+        $application = new Application();
+        $application->add(new \Foo6Command());
+        $commandTester = new CommandTester($command = $application->get('list'));
+        $commandTester->execute(array('command' => $command->getName()));
+
+        $regex = '/Available commands:\s*help\s*.*\s*list.*\s*<fg=blue>foo\s*<fg=blue>foo:bar<\/fg=blue>/';
+
+        $this->assertRegExp($regex, $commandTester->getDisplay(true));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Foo6Command.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Foo6Command.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..78fa91eaa8931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Foo6Command.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+
+class Foo6Command extends Command
+{
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this->setName('<fg=blue>foo:bar</fg=blue>');
+    }
+
+}
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