diff --git a/lib/event_ds.dart b/lib/event_ds.dart
index f212629..4d26f0d 100644
--- a/lib/event_ds.dart
+++ b/lib/event_ds.dart
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import 'package:kepler/kepler.dart';
 
 int gDebug = 0;
 
-
+String getStrInColor(String s, String commentColor) => stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes ?"$commentColor$s$gColorEndMarker":s;
 
 // translate 
 GoogleTranslator? translator; // initialized in main when argument given
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ class EventData {
     int n = 4;
     String maxN(String v)       => v.length > n? v.substring(0,n) : v.substring(0, v.length);
     void   printInColor(String s, String commentColor) => stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes ?stdout.write("$commentColor$s$gColorEndMarker"):stdout.write(s);
-    String getStrInColor(String s, String commentColor) => stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes ?"$commentColor$s$gColorEndMarker":s;
 
     String name = getAuthorName(pubkey);    
     String strDate = getPrintableDate(createdAt);
@@ -423,7 +422,11 @@ class EventData {
     const int nameWidthDepth = 16~/gSpacesPerDepth; // how wide name will be in depth spaces
     const int timeWidthDepth = 16~/gSpacesPerDepth;
     int nameWidth = gSpacesPerDepth * nameWidthDepth;
+    
+    // get name in color and pad it too
     String nameToPrint = name.padLeft(nameWidth).substring(0, nameWidth);
+    nameToPrint = getStrInColor(nameToPrint, getNameColor(name));
+
     String dateToPrint = strDate.padLeft(gSpacesPerDepth * timeWidthDepth).substring(0, gSpacesPerDepth * timeWidthDepth);
 
     strToPrint = "${getDepthSpaces(depth)}  $dateToPrint    $nameToPrint: ";
diff --git a/lib/settings.dart b/lib/settings.dart
index dad82d1..9b168ae 100644
--- a/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/settings.dart
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ const int  leftShiftThreadsBy   = 3;
 // Color related settings
 const String defaultTextColor = "green";
 const String greenColor       = "\x1B[32m"; // green
-const String yelloColor       = "\x1B[33m"; // yellow
+const String yellowColor       = "\x1B[33m"; // yellow
 const String magentaColor     = "\x1B[35m"; // magenta
 const String cyanColor        = "\x1b[36m"; // cyan
-const String whiteColor       = "\x1b[97m"; // white
+const String whiteColor       = "\x1b[37m"; // white
 const String blackColor       = "\x1b[30m"; // black
 const String redColor         = "\x1B[31m"; // red
 const String blueColor        = "\x1b[34m"; // blue
@@ -122,13 +122,14 @@ Map<String, String> gColorMapForArguments = { "green": greenColor,
                                   "red"  : redColor, 
                                   "blue" : blueColor};
 
+const String brightBlackColor       = "\x1b[90m"; // bright black
 const String brightRedColor         = "\x1B[91m"; // bright red
 const String brightGreenColor       = "\x1B[92m"; // bright green
 const String brightYellowColor      = "\x1B[93m"; // bright yellow
 const String brightBlueColor        = "\x1B[94m"; // bright blue
 const String brightCyanColor        = "\x1B[96m"; // bright cyan
 const String brightMagentaColor     = "\x1B[95m"; // bright magenta
-
+const String brightWhiteColor       = "\x1b[97m"; // white
 
 // 33 yellow, 31 red, 34 blue, 35 magenta. Add 60 for bright versions. 
 String gCommentColor = greenColor;
@@ -136,18 +137,21 @@ String gNotificationColor = cyanColor; // cyan
 String gWarningColor = redColor; // red
 const String gColorEndMarker = "\x1B[0m";
 
-List<String> nameColorPalette = [brightGreenColor, brightCyanColor, brightYellowColor, brightMagentaColor, brightBlueColor, brightRedColor, 
-                                                   yelloColor,        magentaColor,             redColor ];
+// blue is too bright
+List<String> nameColorPalette = [brightGreenColor, brightCyanColor, brightYellowColor, brightMagentaColor, 
+                                 brightBlueColor, brightRedColor, brightBlackColor, brightWhiteColor,
+                                 yellowColor,        magentaColor,             redColor ];
 
 
 String getNameColor( String name) {
   if( name.length == 0)
     return nameColorPalette[0];
 
-  int offset = name.substring(0, 1).codeUnits[0] % nameColorPalette.length;
+  int offset = name.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase().codeUnits[0] % nameColorPalette.length;
   return nameColorPalette[offset];
 }
 
+
 // By default the threads that were started in last one day are shown
 // this can be changed with 'days' command line argument
 const int gDefaultNumLastDays = 1;
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ const int gMaxDifficultyAllowed = 24;
 int gDifficulty = 0;
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// channel related settings
-const int gNumChannelMessagesToShow = 25;
+const int gNumChannelMessagesToShow = 30;
 const int gMaxChannelPagesDisplayed = 50;