diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp
index efd464dec..513b4d2e1 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp
@@ -4953,20 +4953,20 @@ void FindReplaceDlg::combo2ExtendedMode(int comboID)
 void FindReplaceDlg::drawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct)
 {
 	//printStr(L"OK"));
-	COLORREF fgColor = RGB(0, 0, 0); // black by default
+	COLORREF fgColor = black; // black by default
 	PCTSTR ptStr =(PCTSTR)lpDrawItemStruct->itemData;
 
 	if (_statusbarFindStatus == FSNotFound)
 	{
-		fgColor = RGB(0xFF, 00, 00); // red
+		fgColor = _FSNotFoundTextColor;
 	}
 	else if (_statusbarFindStatus == FSMessage)
 	{
-		fgColor = RGB(0, 0, 0xFF); // blue
+		fgColor = _FSMessageTextColor;
 	}
 	else if (_statusbarFindStatus == FSTopReached || _statusbarFindStatus == FSEndReached)
 	{
-		fgColor = RGB(0, 166, 0); // green
+		fgColor = _FSReachedTextColor;
 	}
 	else if (_statusbarFindStatus == FSNoMessage)
 	{
@@ -4979,15 +4979,27 @@ void FindReplaceDlg::drawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct)
 
 		if (_statusbarFindStatus == FSNotFound)
 		{
-			fgColor = RGB(0xFF, 0x50, 0x50); // red
+			HLSColour hls;
+			hls.changeHLSFrom(_FSNotFoundTextColor);
+			hls._lightness += 50;
+			hls._saturation -= 20;
+			fgColor = hls.toRGB(); // red
 		}
 		else if (_statusbarFindStatus == FSMessage)
 		{
-			fgColor = RGB(0x70, 0x70, 0xFF); // blue
+			HLSColour hls;
+			hls.changeHLSFrom(_FSMessageTextColor);
+			hls._lightness += 50;
+			hls._saturation -= 20;
+			fgColor = hls.toRGB(); // blue
 		}
 		else if (_statusbarFindStatus == FSTopReached || _statusbarFindStatus == FSEndReached)
 		{
-			fgColor = RGB(0x50, 0xFF, 0x50); // green
+			HLSColour hls;
+			hls.changeHLSFrom(_FSReachedTextColor);
+			hls._lightness += 50;
+			hls._saturation -= 20;
+			fgColor = hls.toRGB(); // green
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.h b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.h
index 05cef3cae..12709c1e6 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.h
@@ -499,7 +499,12 @@ private:
 	static const int FR_OP_GLOBAL = 8;
 	static const int FR_OP_FIP = 16;
 	void saveInMacro(size_t cmd, int cmdType);
+
+	COLORREF _FSNotFoundTextColor = red;
+	COLORREF _FSMessageTextColor = blue;
+	COLORREF _FSReachedTextColor = darkGreen;
 	void drawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct);
+
 	bool replaceInFilesConfirmCheck(const std::wstring& directory, const std::wstring& fileTypes);
 	bool replaceInProjectsConfirmCheck();
 	bool replaceInOpenDocsConfirmCheck(void);
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/colors.h b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/colors.h
index e85407394..ecf4153bc 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/colors.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/colors.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ const COLORREF grey      	            = RGB(128,   128,  128);
 const COLORREF liteGrey  	            = RGB(192,   192,  192);
 const COLORREF veryLiteGrey  	        = RGB(224,   224,  224);
 const COLORREF brown     	            = RGB(128,    64,    0);
-//const COLORREF greenBlue 	            = RGB(192,   128,   64);
 const COLORREF darkYellow				= RGB(0xFF, 0xC0,    0);
 const COLORREF yellow    	            = RGB(0xFF, 0xFF,    0);
 const COLORREF lightYellow				= RGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xD5);