diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
index 083dd32b0a..761f7d1642 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
@@ -170,25 +170,25 @@ namespace MWGui
         mCommandLine->setFontName(fntName);
     }
 
-    void Console::print(const std::string &msg)
+    void Console::print(const std::string &msg, const std::string& color)
     {
-        mHistory->addText(msg);
+        mHistory->addText(color + MyGUI::TextIterator::toTagsString(msg));
     }
 
     void Console::printOK(const std::string &msg)
     {
-        print("#FF00FF" + msg + "\n");
+        print(msg + "\n", "#FF00FF");
     }
 
     void Console::printError(const std::string &msg)
     {
-        print("#FF2222" + msg + "\n");
+        print(msg + "\n", "#FF2222");
     }
 
     void Console::execute (const std::string& command)
     {
         // Log the command
-        print("#FFFFFF> " + command + "\n");
+        print("> " + command + "\n");
 
         Compiler::Locals locals;
         Compiler::Output output (locals);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
index 09a05be487..98e46a5596 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ namespace MWGui
 
             void onResChange(int width, int height);
 
-            // Print a message to the console. Messages may contain color
-            // code, eg. "#FFFFFF this is white".
-            void print(const std::string &msg);
+            // Print a message to the console, in specified color.
+            void print(const std::string &msg, const std::string& color = "#FFFFFF");
 
             // These are pre-colored versions that you should use.