diff --git a/src/plugins/roleColorEverywhere/index.tsx b/src/plugins/roleColorEverywhere/index.tsx
index b5f66c09..e3b22fd6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/roleColorEverywhere/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/roleColorEverywhere/index.tsx
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@
 
 import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
 import ErrorBoundary from "@components/ErrorBoundary";
+import { makeRange } from "@components/PluginSettings/components";
 import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
 import definePlugin, { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
+import { findByCodeLazy } from "@webpack";
 import { ChannelStore, GuildMemberStore, GuildStore } from "@webpack/common";
 
+const useMessageAuthor = findByCodeLazy('"Result cannot be null because the message is not null"');
+
 const settings = definePluginSettings({
     chatMentions: {
         type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
@@ -46,13 +50,21 @@ const settings = definePluginSettings({
         default: true,
         description: "Show role colors in the reactors list",
         restartNeeded: true
-    }
+    },
+    messageSaturation: {
+        type: OptionType.SLIDER,
+        description: "Intensity of message coloring. 0 to disable.",
+        markers: makeRange(0, 100, 10),
+        default: 30,
+        // This is called only once at startup, but late enough that the store is initialized.
+        get restartNeeded() { return settings.store.messageSaturation === 0; }
+    },
 });
 
 
 export default definePlugin({
     name: "RoleColorEverywhere",
-    authors: [Devs.KingFish, Devs.lewisakura, Devs.AutumnVN],
+    authors: [Devs.KingFish, Devs.lewisakura, Devs.AutumnVN, Devs.Kyuuhachi],
     description: "Adds the top role color anywhere possible",
     patches: [
         // Chat Mentions
@@ -114,7 +126,15 @@ export default definePlugin({
                 replace: "$&,style:{color:$self.getColor($2?.id,$1)}"
             },
             predicate: () => settings.store.reactorsList,
-        }
+        },
+        {
+            find: '.Messages.MESSAGE_EDITED,")"',
+            replacement: {
+                match: /(?<=isUnsupported\]:(\i)\.isUnsupported\}\),)(?=children:\[)/,
+                replace: "style:{color:$self.useMessageColor($1)},"
+            },
+            predicate: () => settings.store.messageSaturation !== 0,
+        },
     ],
     settings,
 
@@ -148,5 +168,17 @@ export default definePlugin({
                 color: this.getColor(userId, { guildId })
             }
         };
-    }
+    },
+
+    useMessageColor(message: any) {
+        try {
+            const { messageSaturation } = settings.use(["messageSaturation"]);
+            const author = useMessageAuthor(message);
+            if (author.colorString !== undefined && messageSaturation !== 0)
+                return `color-mix(in oklab, ${author.colorString} ${messageSaturation}%, var(--text-normal))`;
+        } catch(e) {
+            console.error("[RCE] failed to get message color", e);
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    },
 });