diff --git a/chat.php b/chat.php
index 5e699c8..5a944d1 100644
--- a/chat.php
+++ b/chat.php
@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@ function add_user_defaults(){
 	global $U;
 	$U['refresh']=get_setting('defaultrefresh');
 	$U['bgcolour']=get_setting('colbg');
-	if(!isSet($_REQUEST['colour']) || !preg_match('/^[a-f0-9]{6}$/i', $_REQUEST['colour'])){
+	if(!isSet($_REQUEST['colour']) || !preg_match('/^[a-f0-9]{6}$/i', $_REQUEST['colour']) || abs(greyval($_REQUEST['colour'])-greyval(get_setting('colbg')))<75){
 		do{
 			$U['colour']=sprintf('%02X', mt_rand(0, 256)).sprintf('%02X', mt_rand(0, 256)).sprintf('%02X', mt_rand(0, 256));
 		}while(abs(greyval($U['colour'])-greyval(get_setting('colbg')))<75);
@@ -3223,11 +3223,12 @@ function print_colours(){
 	global $I;
 	// Prints a short list with selected named HTML colours and filters out illegible text colours for the given background.
 	// It's a simple comparison of weighted grey values. This is not very accurate but gets the job done well enough.
-	$colours=array('Beige'=>'F5F5DC', 'Black'=>'000000', 'Blue'=>'0000FF', 'BlueViolet'=>'8A2BE2', 'Brown'=>'A52A2A', 'Cyan'=>'00FFFF', 'DarkBlue'=>'00008B', 'DarkGreen'=>'006400', 'DarkRed'=>'8B0000', 'DarkViolet'=>'9400D3', 'DeepSkyBlue'=>'00BFFF', 'Gold'=>'FFD700', 'Grey'=>'808080', 'Green'=>'008000', 'HotPink'=>'FF69B4', 'Indigo'=>'4B0082', 'LightBlue'=>'ADD8E6', 'LightGreen'=>'90EE90', 'LimeGreen'=>'32CD32', 'Magenta'=>'FF00FF', 'Olive'=>'808000', 'Orange'=>'FFA500', 'OrangeRed'=>'FF4500', 'Purple'=>'800080', 'Red'=>'FF0000', 'RoyalBlue'=>'4169E1', 'SeaGreen'=>'2E8B57', 'Sienna'=>'A0522D', 'Silver'=>'C0C0C0', 'Tan'=>'D2B48C', 'Teal'=>'008080', 'Violet'=>'EE82EE', 'White'=>'FFFFFF', 'Yellow'=>'FFFF00', 'YellowGreen'=>'9ACD32');
+	// name=>[colour, greyval(colour)]
+	$colours=['Beige'=>['F5F5DC', 242.25], 'Black'=>['000000', 0], 'Blue'=>['0000FF', 28.05], 'BlueViolet'=>['8A2BE2', 91.63], 'Brown'=>['A52A2A', 78.9], 'Cyan'=>['00FFFF', 178.5], 'DarkBlue'=>['00008B', 15.29], 'DarkGreen'=>['006400', 59], 'DarkRed'=>['8B0000', 41.7], 'DarkViolet'=>['9400D3', 67.61], 'DeepSkyBlue'=>['00BFFF', 140.74], 'Gold'=>['FFD700', 203.35], 'Grey'=>['808080', 128], 'Green'=>['008000', 75.52], 'HotPink'=>['FF69B4', 158.25], 'Indigo'=>['4B0082', 36.8], 'LightBlue'=>['ADD8E6', 204.64], 'LightGreen'=>['90EE90', 199.46], 'LimeGreen'=>['32CD32', 141.45], 'Magenta'=>['FF00FF', 104.55], 'Olive'=>['808000', 113.92], 'Orange'=>['FFA500', 173.85], 'OrangeRed'=>['FF4500', 117.21], 'Purple'=>['800080', 52.48], 'Red'=>['FF0000', 76.5], 'RoyalBlue'=>['4169E1', 106.2], 'SeaGreen'=>['2E8B57', 105.38], 'Sienna'=>['A0522D', 101.33], 'Silver'=>['C0C0C0', 192], 'Tan'=>['D2B48C', 184.6], 'Teal'=>['008080', 89.6], 'Violet'=>['EE82EE', 174.28], 'White'=>['FFFFFF', 255], 'Yellow'=>['FFFF00', 226.95], 'YellowGreen'=>['9ACD32', 172.65]];
 	$greybg=greyval(get_setting('colbg'));
 	foreach($colours as $name=>$colour){
-		if(abs($greybg-greyval($colour))>75){
-			echo "<option value=\"$colour\" style=\"color:#$colour;\">$I[$name]</option>";
+		if(abs($greybg-$colour[1])>75){
+			echo "<option value=\"$colour[0]\" style=\"color:#$colour[0];\">$I[$name]</option>";
 		}
 	}
 }