diff --git a/console.c b/console.c
index 2ae6c8a62..180f89579 100644
--- a/console.c
+++ b/console.c
@@ -3071,8 +3071,7 @@ int Con_CompleteCommandLine(cmd_state_t *cmd, qbool is_console)
 						Con_Printf("\n%i possible filenames\n", resultbuf.numstrings + dirbuf.numstrings);
 						for(i = 0; i < dirbuf.numstrings; ++i)
 						{
-							// Print directory names/paths to the console in light blue
-							Con_Printf("^5%s^7/\n", dirbuf.strings[i]);
+							Con_Printf("^4%s^7/\n", dirbuf.strings[i]);
 						}
 						for(i = 0; i < resultbuf.numstrings; ++i)
 						{
diff --git a/gl_draw.c b/gl_draw.c
index 11a080afe..b5a8be69a 100644
--- a/gl_draw.c
+++ b/gl_draw.c
@@ -859,7 +859,8 @@ const vec4_t string_colors[] =
 	{1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0}, // red
 	{0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0}, // green
 	{1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0}, // yellow
-	{0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0}, // blue
+	//{0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0}, // blue
+	{0.05, 0.15, 1.0, 1.0}, // lighter blue, readable unlike the above
 	{0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, // cyan
 	{1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0}, // magenta
 	{1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, // white