diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
index 85ed30db18..73022aa2a3 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
@@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ function sync($mode, $where_type = '', $where_ids = '', $resync_parents = false,
 				$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_post_time'] = 0;
 				$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_id'] = 0;
 				$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_name'] = '';
+				$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_colour'] = '';
 			}
 			$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
@@ -1427,7 +1428,7 @@ function sync($mode, $where_type = '', $where_ids = '', $resync_parents = false,
 			// 4: Retrieve last_post infos
 			if (sizeof($post_ids))
 			{
-				$sql = 'SELECT p.post_id, p.poster_id, p.post_time, p.post_username, u.username
+				$sql = 'SELECT p.post_id, p.poster_id, p.post_time, p.post_username, u.username, u.user_colour
 					FROM ' . POSTS_TABLE . ' p, ' . USERS_TABLE . ' u
 					WHERE ' . $db->sql_in_set('p.post_id', $post_ids) . '
 						AND p.poster_id = u.user_id';
@@ -1448,6 +1449,7 @@ function sync($mode, $where_type = '', $where_ids = '', $resync_parents = false,
 							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_post_time'] = $post_info[$data['last_post_id']]['post_time'];
 							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_id'] = $post_info[$data['last_post_id']]['poster_id'];
 							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_name'] = ($post_info[$data['last_post_id']]['poster_id'] != ANONYMOUS) ? $post_info[$data['last_post_id']]['username'] : $post_info[$data['last_post_id']]['post_username'];
+							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_colour'] = $post_info[$data['last_post_id']]['user_colour'];
 						}
 						else
 						{
@@ -1456,6 +1458,7 @@ function sync($mode, $where_type = '', $where_ids = '', $resync_parents = false,
 							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_post_time'] = 0;
 							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_id'] = 0;
 							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_name'] = '';
+							$forum_data[$forum_id]['last_poster_colour'] = '';
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -1463,7 +1466,7 @@ function sync($mode, $where_type = '', $where_ids = '', $resync_parents = false,
 			}
 
 			// 5: Now do that thing
-			$fieldnames = array('posts', 'topics', 'topics_real', 'last_post_id', 'last_post_time', 'last_poster_id', 'last_poster_name');
+			$fieldnames = array('posts', 'topics', 'topics_real', 'last_post_id', 'last_post_time', 'last_poster_id', 'last_poster_name', 'last_poster_colour');
 
 			foreach ($forum_data as $forum_id => $row)
 			{
@@ -1497,7 +1500,7 @@ function sync($mode, $where_type = '', $where_ids = '', $resync_parents = false,
 		case 'topic':
 			$topic_data = $post_ids = $approved_unapproved_ids = $resync_forums = $delete_topics = $delete_posts = $moved_topics = array();
 
-			$sql = 'SELECT t.topic_id, t.forum_id, t.topic_moved_id, t.topic_approved, ' . (($sync_extra) ? 't.topic_attachment, t.topic_reported, ' : '') . 't.topic_poster, t.topic_time, t.topic_replies, t.topic_replies_real, t.topic_first_post_id, t.topic_first_poster_name, t.topic_last_post_id, t.topic_last_poster_id, t.topic_last_poster_name, t.topic_last_post_time
+			$sql = 'SELECT t.topic_id, t.forum_id, t.topic_moved_id, t.topic_approved, ' . (($sync_extra) ? 't.topic_attachment, t.topic_reported, ' : '') . 't.topic_poster, t.topic_time, t.topic_replies, t.topic_replies_real, t.topic_first_post_id, t.topic_first_poster_name, t.topic_first_poster_colour, t.topic_last_post_id, t.topic_last_poster_id, t.topic_last_poster_name, t.topic_last_poster_colour, t.topic_last_post_time
 				FROM ' . TOPICS_TABLE . " t
 				$where_sql";
 			$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
@@ -1682,7 +1685,7 @@ function sync($mode, $where_type = '', $where_ids = '', $resync_parents = false,
 			unset($approved_unapproved_ids);
 
 			// These are fields that will be synchronised
-			$fieldnames = array('time', 'replies', 'replies_real', 'poster', 'first_post_id', 'first_poster_name', 'last_post_id', 'last_post_time', 'last_poster_id', 'last_poster_name');
+			$fieldnames = array('time', 'replies', 'replies_real', 'poster', 'first_post_id', 'first_poster_name', 'first_poster_colour', 'last_post_id', 'last_post_time', 'last_poster_id', 'last_poster_name', 'last_poster_colour');
 
 			if ($sync_extra)
 			{
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
index ac8e86a25c..b40061c912 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ INSERT INTO phpbb_acl_groups (group_id, forum_id, auth_option_id, auth_role_id,
 
 
 # -- Demo Topic
-INSERT INTO phpbb_topics (topic_title, topic_poster, topic_time, topic_views, topic_replies, topic_replies_real, forum_id, topic_status, topic_type, topic_first_post_id, topic_first_poster_name, topic_first_poster_colour, topic_last_post_id, topic_last_poster_id, topic_last_poster_name, topic_first_poster_colour, topic_last_post_time, topic_last_view_time, poll_title) VALUES ('Welcome to phpBB 3', 2, 972086460, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 'Admin', 'AA0000', 1, 2, 'Admin', 'AA0000', 972086460, 972086460, '');
+INSERT INTO phpbb_topics (topic_title, topic_poster, topic_time, topic_views, topic_replies, topic_replies_real, forum_id, topic_status, topic_type, topic_first_post_id, topic_first_poster_name, topic_first_poster_colour, topic_last_post_id, topic_last_poster_id, topic_last_poster_name, topic_last_poster_colour, topic_last_post_time, topic_last_view_time, poll_title) VALUES ('Welcome to phpBB 3', 2, 972086460, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 'Admin', 'AA0000', 1, 2, 'Admin', 'AA0000', 972086460, 972086460, '');
 
 # -- Demo Post
 INSERT INTO phpbb_posts (topic_id, forum_id, poster_id, icon_id, post_time, post_username, poster_ip, post_subject, post_text, post_checksum, bbcode_uid) VALUES (1, 2, 2, 1, 972086460, '', '127.0.0.1', 'Welcome to phpBB 3', 'This is an example post in your phpBB 3.0 installation. You may delete this post, this topic and even this forum if you like since everything seems to be working!', '5dd683b17f641daf84c040bfefc58ce9', '');