diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/ucp_header.html b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/ucp_header.html
index a1ab29be6c..dc89b8a3be 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/ucp_header.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/ucp_header.html
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
 			<ul class="nav" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 175%;">
 			<!-- BEGIN friends_online -->
-				<li><a href="{friends_online.U_PROFILE}">{friends_online.USERNAME}</a>
+				<li><a href="{friends_online.U_PROFILE}"<!-- IF friends_online.USER_COLOUR --> style="color: {friends_online.USER_COLOUR}"<!-- ENDIF -->>{friends_online.USERNAME}</a>
 				<!-- IF S_SHOW_PM_BOX -->
 					&nbsp;[ <input class="post" style="font-size: 90%;" type="submit" name="add_to[{friends_online.USER_ID}]" value="{L_ADD}" /> ]
 				<!-- ENDIF -->
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
 			<ul class="nav" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; line-height: 175%;">
 			<!-- BEGIN friends_offline -->
-				<li><a href="{friends_offline.U_PROFILE}">{friends_offline.USERNAME}</a>
+				<li><a href="{friends_offline.U_PROFILE}"<!-- IF friends_offline.USER_COLOUR --> style="color: {friends_offline.USER_COLOUR}"<!-- ENDIF -->>{friends_offline.USERNAME}</a>
 				<!-- IF S_SHOW_PM_BOX -->
 					&nbsp;[ <input class="post" style="font-size: 90%;" type="submit" name="add_to[{friends_offline.USER_ID}]" value="{L_ADD}" /> ]
 				<!-- ENDIF -->
diff --git a/phpBB/ucp.php b/phpBB/ucp.php
index bf0d562dcb..1efadbd82d 100755
--- a/phpBB/ucp.php
+++ b/phpBB/ucp.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ if (!$user->data['is_registered'])
 $update_time = $config['load_online_time'] * 60;
 
 $sql = $db->sql_build_query('SELECT_DISTINCT', array(
-	'SELECT'	=> 'u.user_id, u.username, u.user_allow_viewonline, MAX(s.session_time) as online_time, MIN(s.session_viewonline) AS viewonline',
+	'SELECT'	=> 'u.user_id, u.username, u.user_colour, u.user_allow_viewonline, MAX(s.session_time) as online_time, MIN(s.session_viewonline) AS viewonline',
 
 	'FROM'		=> array(
 		USERS_TABLE		=> 'u',
@@ -276,8 +276,9 @@ while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
 	$template->assign_block_vars("friends_{$which}", array(
 		'U_PROFILE'	=> append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}memberlist.$phpEx", 'mode=viewprofile&amp;u=' . $row['user_id']),
 
-		'USER_ID'	=> $row['user_id'],
-		'USERNAME'	=> $row['username'])
+		'USER_ID'		=> $row['user_id'],
+		'USER_COLOUR'	=> ($row['user_colour']) ? '#' . $row['user_colour'] : '',
+		'USERNAME'		=> $row['username'])
 	);
 }
 $db->sql_freeresult($result);