diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/BaseComponent.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/BaseComponent.kt
index dc504c91a..57f35be0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/BaseComponent.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/BaseComponent.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Minosoft
- * Copyright (C) 2021 Moritz Zwerger
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Moritz Zwerger, Lukas Eisenhauer
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class BaseComponent : ChatComponent {
 
             ChatColors.VALUES.getOrNull(Character.digit(formattingChar, 16))?.let {
                 push()
+                currentColor = it
             } ?: ChatFormattingCodes.getChatFormattingCodeByChar(formattingChar)?.let {
                 push()
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt
index 8eb51d47f..20220a989 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ class HUDImageElement: HUDElement {
         tint = ChatColors.WHITE
     }
 
-    constructor(position: HUDElementPosition, size: HUDElementVec2, z: Int, texture: TextureLike): super(position, size, z) {
+    constructor(position: HUDElementPosition, size: HUDElementVec2, z: Int, texture: TextureLike, tint: RGBColor?): super(position, size, z) {
         textureName = null
         this.texture = texture
-        tint = ChatColors.WHITE
+        this.tint = tint ?: ChatColors.WHITE
     }
 
     override fun init(hudRenderer: HUDRenderer) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDTextElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDTextElement.kt
index 75ece7eda..61c0f2c39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDTextElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDTextElement.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.text
 
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.Minosoft
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.BaseComponent
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.ChatComponent
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.RGBColor
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.TextComponent
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.Font
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.HUDMenus
@@ -49,15 +51,28 @@ class HUDTextElement : HUDElement {
     }
 
     private fun renderChatComponent(chatComponent: ChatComponent) {
-        val chars = chatComponent.message.toCharArray()
         elements.clear()
-        val newLinePositions = addChars(chars)
+        val newLinePositions = mutableListOf<Int>()
+        addChatComponent(chatComponent, newLinePositions)
+        newLinePositions += elements.size
         adjustPositionsForLineBreaks(newLinePositions)
     }
 
-    private fun addChars(chars: CharArray): MutableList<Int> {
+    private fun addChatComponent(chatComponent: ChatComponent, newLinePositions: MutableList<Int>) {
+        when (chatComponent) {
+            is BaseComponent -> {
+                for (part in chatComponent.parts) {
+                    addChatComponent(part, newLinePositions)
+                }
+            }
+            is TextComponent -> {
+                addChars(chatComponent.message.toCharArray(), chatComponent.color, newLinePositions)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun addChars(chars: CharArray, color: RGBColor?, newLinePositions: MutableList<Int>): MutableList<Int> {
         var lastElement: HUDElement? = null
-        val newLinePositions = mutableListOf<Int>()
         val maxRight = getPositionAtAnchor(HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_RIGHT).x
         val bottomLeftPosition = getPositionAtAnchor(HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_LEFT).toVec2
         for (char in chars) {
@@ -76,7 +91,7 @@ class HUDTextElement : HUDElement {
             val newElement = if (char == ' ') {
                 HUDSpacerElement(elementPosition, elementSize, z)
             } else {
-                HUDImageElement(elementPosition, elementSize, z, fontChar)
+                HUDImageElement(elementPosition, elementSize, z, fontChar, tint = color)
             }
             elements += newElement
             newElement.init(hudRenderer)
@@ -91,7 +106,6 @@ class HUDTextElement : HUDElement {
                 elements[relevantIndex].position = HUDElementPosition(HUDElementVec2(bottomLeftPosition, HUDElementPositionUnits.PIXELS), HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_LEFT)
             }
         }
-        newLinePositions += elements.size
         return newLinePositions
     }
 
@@ -114,13 +128,13 @@ class HUDTextElement : HUDElement {
     private fun adjustPositionsForLineBreaks(newLinePositions: MutableList<Int>) {
         var y = when (alignment) {
             HUDElementPositionAnchors.TOP_LEFT, HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_LEFT -> getPositionAtAnchor(HUDElementPositionAnchors.TOP_LEFT).y
-            HUDElementPositionAnchors.TOP_RIGHT, HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_RIGHT -> getPositionAtAnchor(HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_RIGHT).y - (newLinePositions.size-2) * (Font.CHAR_HEIGHT+1) * Minosoft.getConfig().config.game.hud.scale.toInt()
+            HUDElementPositionAnchors.TOP_RIGHT, HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_RIGHT -> getPositionAtAnchor(HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_RIGHT).y - (newLinePositions.size - 2) * (Font.CHAR_HEIGHT + 1) * Minosoft.getConfig().config.game.hud.scale.toInt()
             else -> TODO()
         }
         val left = getPositionAtAnchor(HUDElementPositionAnchors.TOP_LEFT).x
         val right = glm.min(hudRenderer.renderWindow.screenDimensions.x, getPositionAtAnchor(HUDElementPositionAnchors.BOTTOM_RIGHT).x)
-        for (i in 0 until newLinePositions.size-1) {
-            elements[newLinePositions[i]].position = alignment.textAlignmentTransform.invoke(left, right, y, elements[newLinePositions[i+1] - 1])
+        for (i in 0 until newLinePositions.lastIndex) {
+            elements[newLinePositions[i]].position = alignment.textAlignmentTransform.invoke(left, right, y, elements[newLinePositions[i + 1] - 1])
             y += ((Font.CHAR_HEIGHT + 1) * Minosoft.getConfig().config.game.hud.scale).toInt()
         }
     }
@@ -132,7 +146,7 @@ class HUDTextElement : HUDElement {
     }
 
     override fun prepare(matrix: Mat4) {
-        renderChatComponent(TextComponent(contents))
+        renderChatComponent(BaseComponent(null, contents))
         for (element in elements) {
             element.prepare(matrix)
         }