diff --git a/cockatrice/src/messagelogwidget.cpp b/cockatrice/src/messagelogwidget.cpp
index 5353a324..7e42c0b3 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/messagelogwidget.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/messagelogwidget.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void MessageLogWidget::logGameStart()
 
 void MessageLogWidget::logSay(Player *player, QString message)
 {
-	append(QString("<b><font color=\"red\">%1:</font></b> %2").arg(sanitizeHtml(player->getName())).arg(sanitizeHtml(message)));
+	append(QString("<b><font color=\"") + (player->getLocal() ? "red" : "#0000fe") + QString("\">%1:</font></b> %2").arg(sanitizeHtml(player->getName())).arg(sanitizeHtml(message)));
 }
 
 void MessageLogWidget::logSpectatorSay(QString spectatorName, QString message)
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/tab_message.cpp b/cockatrice/src/tab_message.cpp
index 6310aef7..45446f41 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/tab_message.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/tab_message.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void TabMessage::actLeave()
 
 void TabMessage::processMessageEvent(Event_Message *event)
 {
-	textEdit->append(QString("<font color=\"red\">%1:</font> %2").arg(sanitizeHtml(event->getSenderName())).arg(sanitizeHtml(event->getText())));
+	textEdit->append(QString("<font color=\"") + (event->getSenderName() == userName ? "#0000fe" : "red") + QString("\">%1:</font> %2").arg(sanitizeHtml(event->getSenderName())).arg(sanitizeHtml(event->getText())));
 	emit userEvent();
 }