diff --git a/colorama/ansi.py b/colorama/ansi.py
index 543f39b..26f9e42 100644
--- a/colorama/ansi.py
+++ b/colorama/ansi.py
@@ -96,7 +96,15 @@ class AnsiStyle(AnsiCodes):
     NORMAL    = 22
     RESET_ALL = 0
 
-Fore   = AnsiFore()
-Back   = AnsiBack()
-Style  = AnsiStyle()
+
+def _make_ansi_codes_type(codes):
+    """Return a type whose attributes are the rendered values from *codes*."""
+    attributes = vars(codes).copy()
+    attributes['__module__'] = __name__
+    return type(codes.__class__.__name__, (), attributes)
+
+
+Fore   = _make_ansi_codes_type(AnsiFore())
+Back   = _make_ansi_codes_type(AnsiBack())
+Style  = _make_ansi_codes_type(AnsiStyle())
 Cursor = AnsiCursor()
diff --git a/colorama/tests/ansi_test.py b/colorama/tests/ansi_test.py
index 0a20c80..f15aec7 100644
--- a/colorama/tests/ansi_test.py
+++ b/colorama/tests/ansi_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright Jonathan Hartley 2013. BSD 3-Clause license, see LICENSE file.
 import sys
+from typing import Optional
 from unittest import TestCase, main
 
 from ..ansi import Back, Fore, Style
@@ -66,6 +67,15 @@ def testBackAttributes(self):
         self.assertEqual(Back.LIGHTWHITE_EX, '\033[107m')
 
 
+    def testAnsiCodesCanBeUsedAsTypingTypes(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(Back, type)
+
+        def colored_background(color: Optional[Back] = Back.RED):
+            return color
+
+        self.assertEqual(colored_background(), Back.RED)
+
+
     def testStyleAttributes(self):
         self.assertEqual(Style.DIM, '\033[2m')
         self.assertEqual(Style.NORMAL, '\033[22m')