diff --git a/mutt/colors.muttrc b/mutt/colors.muttrc
index ff74e9b..edf3f9d 100644
--- a/mutt/colors.muttrc
+++ b/mutt/colors.muttrc
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ color body brightcyan default "(^| )_[^_]+_( |$)"
 color body brightcyan default "(^| )/[^/]+/( |$)"
 
 # quote blocks
-color quoted  magenta default
-color quoted1 cyan    default
-color quoted2 green   default
-color quoted3 magenta default
-color quoted4 cyan    default
-color quoted5 green   default
-color quoted6 magenta default
-color quoted7 cyan    default
+color quoted  brightblue    default
+color quoted1 brightgreen   default
+color quoted2 brightyellow  default
+color quoted3 brightmagenta default
+color quoted4 blue          default
+color quoted5 green         default
+color quoted6 yellow        default
+color quoted7 magenta       default