diff --git a/phpBB/search.php b/phpBB/search.php
index 933072e4de..f177a001fb 100644
--- a/phpBB/search.php
+++ b/phpBB/search.php
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ if ($keywords || $author || $author_id || $search_id || $submit)
 			}
 			$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
-			$sql = 'SELECT p.*, f.forum_id, f.forum_name, t.*, u.username, u.user_sig, u.user_sig_bbcode_uid
+			$sql = 'SELECT p.*, f.forum_id, f.forum_name, t.*, u.username, u.user_sig, u.user_sig_bbcode_uid, u.user_colour
 				FROM ' . POSTS_TABLE . ' p
 					LEFT JOIN ' . TOPICS_TABLE . ' t ON (p.topic_id = t.topic_id)
 					LEFT JOIN ' . FORUMS_TABLE . ' f ON (p.forum_id = f.forum_id)
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ if ($keywords || $author || $author_id || $search_id || $submit)
 
 				$tpl_ary = array(
 					'POSTER_NAME'		=> ($row['poster_id'] == ANONYMOUS) ? ((!empty($row['post_username'])) ? $row['post_username'] : $user->lang['GUEST']) : $row['username'],
+					'POSTER_COLOUR'		=> ($row['user_colour']) ? '#' . $row['user_colour'] : '',
 					'U_PROFILE'			=> ($row['poster_id'] != ANONYMOUS) ? append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}memberlist.$phpEx", 'mode=viewprofile&u=' . $row['poster_id']) : '',
 					'POST_SUBJECT'		=> $row['post_subject'],
 					'POST_DATE'			=> (!empty($row['post_time'])) ? $user->format_date($row['post_time']) : '',
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/search_results.html b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/search_results.html
index 16efdcbfcd..0579b3131d 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/search_results.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/search_results.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 				<td colspan="2" height="25"><p class="topictitle"><a name="{searchresults.POST_ID}"></a>&nbsp;<!-- IF searchresults.FORUM_TITLE -->{L_FORUM}: <a href="{searchresults.U_VIEW_FORUM}">{searchresults.FORUM_TITLE}</a><!-- ELSE -->{L_GLOBAL}<!-- ENDIF --> &nbsp; {L_TOPIC}: <a href="{searchresults.U_VIEW_TOPIC}">{searchresults.TOPIC_TITLE}</a></p></td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr class="row1">
-				<td width="150" align="center" valign="middle"><b class="postauthor">{searchresults.POSTER_NAME}</b></td>
+				<td width="150" align="center" valign="middle"><b class="postauthor"<!-- IF searchresults.POSTER_COLOUR --> style="color: {searchresults.POSTER_COLOUR}"<!-- ENDIF -->>{searchresults.POSTER_NAME}</b></td>
 				<td height="25">
 					<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
 					<tr>