--- dwm/dwm.c	2009-03-14 02:05:41.000000000 +0100
+++ dwm.c	2009-03-14 02:27:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
 	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
+	unsigned long urgent[ColLast];
 	Drawable drawable;
 	GC gc;
 	struct {
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ drawbar(void) {
 	for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags); i++) {
 		dc.w = TEXTW(tags[i]);
 		col = tagset[seltags] & 1 << i ? dc.sel : dc.norm;
-		drawtext(tags[i], col, urg & 1 << i);
+		drawtext(tags[i], urg & 1 << i ? dc.urgent : col, urg & 1 << i);		/* urgent color modification */
 		drawsquare(sel && sel->tags & 1 << i, occ & 1 << i, urg & 1 << i, col);
 		dc.x += dc.w;
 	}
@@ -1302,6 +1303,8 @@ setup(void) {
 	dc.sel[ColBorder] = getcolor(selbordercolor);
 	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbgcolor);
 	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfgcolor);
+	dc.urgent[ColBG] = getcolor(urgentbgcolor);
+	dc.urgent[ColFG] = getcolor(urgentfgcolor);	
 	dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, DisplayWidth(dpy, screen), bh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0, NULL);
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
--- dwm/config.def.h	2009-03-14 02:05:41.000000000 +0100
+++ config.def.h	2009-03-14 02:28:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ static const char normfgcolor[]     = "#
 static const char selbordercolor[]  = "#0066ff";
 static const char selbgcolor[]      = "#0066ff";
 static const char selfgcolor[]      = "#ffffff";
+static const char urgentfgcolor[]   = "#000000";
+static const char urgentbgcolor[]   = "#FF0000";
 static unsigned int borderpx        = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static unsigned int snap            = 32;       /* snap pixel */
 static Bool showbar                 = True;     /* False means no bar */