diff --git a/desktop/resources/ego/font.png b/desktop/resources/ego/font.png
index cd23a62f..b5881930 100644
Binary files a/desktop/resources/ego/font.png and b/desktop/resources/ego/font.png differ
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj
index 02d42a72..92373370 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@
                              height (* scale 36)]
                          (screen! dialogue/talking-screen :on-talk :text text 
                                :x (get-in entities [:room :entities target-id :x]) :y (+ (get-in entities [:room :entities target-id :y]) height)
+                               :color (get-in entities [:room :entities target-id :talk-color])
+                               
                                :target-id target-id
                                :scale scale)
                          (if animate?
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/dialogue.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/dialogue.clj
index 0bd144ed..e6a4ddb8 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/dialogue.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/dialogue.clj
@@ -33,15 +33,14 @@
     entities)
 
   :on-talk
-  (fn [{:keys [create-talk target-id text x y scale]} [entities]]
+  (fn [{:keys [create-talk target-id color text x y scale]} [entities]]
     (let [font (bitmap-font "ego/font.fnt" ) 
+          _ (bitmap-font! font :set-markup-enabled true)
           tr (bitmap-font! font :get-region)
           scale (or (min (max scale 0.75) 1) 1)
           tx (.getTexture tr)
           _ (texture! tx :set-filter Texture$TextureFilter/Linear Texture$TextureFilter/Linear)
-          talk (assoc (label text (style :label font (if (= :ego target-id)
-                                                       (color :white)
-                                                       (color :yellow)))) :y (* 4 y))]
+          talk (assoc (label text (style :label font color)) :y (* 4 y))]
       (label! talk :set-font-scale scale)
       (label! talk :set-alignment Align/center)
       (assoc entities target-id (-> talk
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_cafeteria.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_cafeteria.clj
index 274427cb..4017e5a4 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_cafeteria.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_cafeteria.clj
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
                                                                             :right {:stand warriors-stand
                                                                                     :talk warriors-stand}
                                                                             :facing :right
+                                                                            :talk-color (color 1.0 0.4 0.3 1.0)
                                                                             :script (actions/get-script entities
                                                                                                         (do-warrior-dialogue entities)
                                                                                                         ))
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_house.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_house.clj
index e7ceb623..c6952e73 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_house.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_house.clj
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
                                                                           :right {:talk wizard-talk
                                                                                   :stand wizard-stand
                                                                                   :disappear wizard-disappear}
+                                                                          :talk-color (color 0.75 0.1 1.0 1.0)
                                                                           :facing :left
                                                                           :script (actions/get-script entities (do-wizard-dialogue entities)))
                                                             :stand)
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/outside_house.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/outside_house.clj
index c3047b94..5e1a54d8 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/outside_house.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/outside_house.clj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   (< (dist-to-sheep entities) 45))
 
 (defn wizard-dialogue [entities]
-  (actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "Hello there Gandarf!" :wizard "Oh no, not you again!")
+  (actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "Hello there [RED]Gandarf[]!" :wizard "Oh no, not you again!")
   (actions/present-choices entities
                            {:choices ["What do you mean, \"Not you again?\""
                                       {:run #(actions/respond entities % :wizard "I mean, you've wrecked my life and I never want to see you again.")
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
index 028535dd..f5e9e41f 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
              :step-sound (sound "ego/step.ogg")
              :scale-x start-scale
              :scale-y start-scale
+             :talk-color (color 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.0) 
              
              :mouse-in? (fn [entities x y]
                           (let [{entity-x :x entity-y :y region :object scale :scale-x} (get-in entities [:room :entities :ego])