diff -r -u wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wm/frame.c wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wm/frame.c
--- wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wm/frame.c	2006-07-11 09:00:03.000000000 +0200
+++ wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wm/frame.c	2006-08-22 15:00:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@
 	f->tagbar.bcolor[0] = def.bcolor[0];
 	f->tagbar.bcolor[1] = def.bcolor[1];
 	f->tagbar.bcolor[2] = def.bcolor[2];
- 	if(sel_screen && (f->client == sel_client()))
-		f->tagbar.color = f->tile.color = f->titlebar.color = def.selcolor;
-	else
-		f->tagbar.color = f->tile.color = f->titlebar.color = def.normcolor;
-
 	if(f->area->sel == f)
-		f->grabbox.color = def.selcolor;
+	{
+		if (sel_screen && (f->client == sel_client()))
+			f->grabbox.color = f->tagbar.color = f->tile.color = f->titlebar.color = def.focuscolor;
+		else
+			f->grabbox.color = f->tagbar.color = f->tile.color = f->titlebar.color = def.selcolor;
+	}
 	else
-		f->grabbox.color = def.normcolor;
+		f->grabbox.color = f->tagbar.color = f->tile.color = f->titlebar.color = def.normcolor;
 }
 
 void
diff -r -u wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wm/fs.c wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wm/fs.c
--- wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wm/fs.c	2006-07-05 16:00:02.000000000 +0200
+++ wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wm/fs.c	2006-08-22 14:57:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@
 		message += 11;
 		n = strlen(message);
 		return parse_colors(&message, (int *)&n, &def.normcolor);
+	}else if(!strncmp(message, "focuscolors ", 12)) {
+		message += 12;
+		n = strlen(message);
+		return parse_colors(&message, (int *)&n, &def.focuscolor);
 	}else if(!strncmp(message, "b1colors ", 9)) {
 		message += 9;
 		n = strlen(message);
@@ -312,6 +316,7 @@
 		i += snprintf(&buffer[i], (BUFFER_SIZE - i), "view %s\n", screen->sel->name);
 	i += snprintf(&buffer[i], (BUFFER_SIZE - i), "selcolors %s\n", def.selcolor.colstr);
 	i += snprintf(&buffer[i], (BUFFER_SIZE - i), "normcolors %s\n", def.normcolor.colstr);
+	i += snprintf(&buffer[i], (BUFFER_SIZE - i), "focuscolors %s\n", def.focuscolor.colstr);
 	i += snprintf(&buffer[i], (BUFFER_SIZE - i), "font %s\n", def.font.fontstr);
 	i += snprintf(&buffer[i], (BUFFER_SIZE - i), "grabmod %s\n", def.grabmod);
 	i += snprintf(&buffer[i], (BUFFER_SIZE - i), "border %d\n", def.border);
diff -r -u wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wm/wm.h wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wm/wm.h
--- wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wm/wm.h	2006-07-13 22:00:03.000000000 +0200
+++ wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wm/wm.h	2006-08-22 14:44:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 struct {
 	BlitzColor selcolor;
 	BlitzColor normcolor;
+	BlitzColor focuscolor;
 	BlitzColor bcolor[3];
 	BlitzFont font;
 	unsigned int border;
diff -r -u wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wmiimenu.c wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wmiimenu.c
--- wmii-4_20060821/cmd/wmiimenu.c	2006-07-14 12:00:03.000000000 +0200
+++ wmii-4_20060821.my/cmd/wmiimenu.c	2006-08-22 15:07:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -399,18 +399,18 @@
 			 GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
 		usleep(1000);
 
-	font.fontstr = getenv("WMII_FONT");
+	font.fontstr = getenv("WMIIMENU_FONT");
 	if (!font.fontstr)
 		font.fontstr = cext_estrdup(BLITZ_FONT);
 	blitz_loadfont(&blz, &font);
 
-	if((p = getenv("WMII_NORMCOLORS")))
+	if((p = getenv("WMIIMENU_NORMCOLORS")))
 		cext_strlcpy(normcolor.colstr, p, sizeof(normcolor.colstr));
 	if(strlen(normcolor.colstr) != 23)
 		cext_strlcpy(normcolor.colstr, BLITZ_NORMCOLORS, sizeof(normcolor.colstr));
 	blitz_loadcolor(&blz, &normcolor);
 
-	if((p = getenv("WMII_SELCOLORS")))
+	if((p = getenv("WMIIMENU_SELCOLORS")))
 		cext_strlcpy(selcolor.colstr, p, sizeof(selcolor.colstr));
 	if(strlen(selcolor.colstr) != 23)
 		cext_strlcpy(selcolor.colstr, BLITZ_SELCOLORS, sizeof(selcolor.colstr));
diff -r -u wmii-4_20060821/rc/wmiirc wmii-4_20060821.my/rc/wmiirc
--- wmii-4_20060821/rc/wmiirc	2006-07-08 20:00:03.000000000 +0200
+++ wmii-4_20060821.my/rc/wmiirc	2006-08-22 15:33:17.723832250 +0200
@@ -22,12 +22,19 @@
 RIGHT=l
 
 WMII_FONT='fixed'
-WMII_SELCOLORS='#ffffff #335577 #447799'
-WMII_NORMCOLORS='#222222 #eeeeee #666666'
+WMII_SELCOLORS='#000000 #dd7700 #dd7700'
+WMII_NORMCOLORS='#000000 #888888 #888888'
+WMII_FOCUSCOLORS='#ffffff #bb0000 #bb0000'
 # dark background
 #WMII_NORMCOLORS='#eeeeee #111111 #222222'
 
-export WMII_FONT WMII_SELCOLORS WMII_NORMCOLORS
+export WMII_FONT WMII_SELCOLORS WMII_NORMCOLORS WMII_FOCUSCOLORS
+
+WMIIMENU_FONT=$WMII_FONT
+WMIIMENU_SELCOLORS=$WMII_FOCUSCOLORS
+WMIIMENU_NORMCOLORS=$WMII_NORMCOLORS
+
+export WMIIMENU_FONT WMIIMENU_SELCOLORS WMIIMENU_NORMCOLORS
 
 # stop any running instances or wmiirc
 echo Start wmiirc | wmiir write /event || exit 1
@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@
 font $WMII_FONT
 selcolors $WMII_SELCOLORS
 normcolors $WMII_NORMCOLORS
+focuscolors $WMII_FOCUSCOLORS
 grabmod $MODKEY
 border 2
 EOF
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@
 while read tag
 do
 	if [ "X$tag" = "X$seltag" ]; then
-		echo "$WMII_SELCOLORS" "$tag" | wmiir create "/lbar/$tag" 
+		echo "$WMII_FOCUSCOLORS" "$tag" | wmiir create "/lbar/$tag" 
 	else
 		echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$tag" | wmiir create "/lbar/$tag"
 	fi
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@
 		wmiir remove "/lbar/$parms"
 		;;
 	FocusTag)
-		xwrite "/lbar/$parms" "$WMII_SELCOLORS" "$parms"
+		xwrite "/lbar/$parms" "$WMII_FOCUSCOLORS" "$parms"
 		;;
 	UnfocusTag)
 		xwrite "/lbar/$parms" "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" "$parms"