diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistItemDelegate.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistItemDelegate.cpp
index 84a5bbccf..a1b875d4c 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistItemDelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistItemDelegate.cpp
@@ -206,9 +206,7 @@ PlaylistItemDelegate::paintShort( QPainter* painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem&
         painter->drawText( r.adjusted( 0, 1, 0, 0 ), text, m_topOption );
 
         painter->setFont( opt.font );
-        if ( option.state & QStyle::State_Selected )
-            painter->setPen( option.palette.color( QPalette::HighlightedText ) );
-        else
+        if ( !( option.state & QStyle::State_Selected || item->isPlaying() ) )
             painter->setPen( Qt::gray );
 
         text = painter->fontMetrics().elidedText( lowerText, Qt::ElideRight, r.width() );
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TreeItemDelegate.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TreeItemDelegate.cpp
index 17e9f8aa7..5122564a0 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TreeItemDelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TreeItemDelegate.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ TreeItemDelegate::paint( QPainter* painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem& option,
 
             if ( item->isPlaying() )
             {
-                o.palette.setColor( QPalette::Highlight, o.palette.color( QPalette::Mid ) );
+                o.palette.setColor( QPalette::Highlight, TomahawkUtils::Colors::NOW_PLAYING_ITEM );
                 if ( o.state & QStyle::State_Selected )
                     o.palette.setColor( QPalette::Text, textColor );
                 o.state |= QStyle::State_Selected;
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
index 074ec5565..1ec7c9f63 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
@@ -721,10 +721,10 @@ prepareStyleOption( QStyleOptionViewItemV4* option, const QModelIndex& index, Pl
 
     if ( item->isPlaying() )
     {
-        option->palette.setColor( QPalette::Highlight, option->palette.color( QPalette::Mid ) );
+        option->palette.setColor( QPalette::Highlight, TomahawkUtils::Colors::NOW_PLAYING_ITEM.lighter() );
+        option->backgroundBrush = TomahawkUtils::Colors::NOW_PLAYING_ITEM;
 
-        option->backgroundBrush = option->palette.color( QPalette::Mid );
-        option->palette.setColor( QPalette::Text, option->palette.color( QPalette::Text ) );
+        option->palette.setColor( QPalette::Text, Qt::white );
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h
index 544652c98..037f4bbed 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ namespace TomahawkUtils
         static const QColor BORDER_LINE = QColor( "#8c8c8c" );
         static const QColor POPUP_BACKGROUND = QColor( "#ffffff" );
         static const QColor GROUP_HEADER = QColor( "#637180" );
+        static const QColor NOW_PLAYING_ITEM = QColor( "#962c26" );
     }
 
     static const int POPUP_ROUNDING_RADIUS = 6;